Dinner, Marriage and the way time flies

was out with friends a while back for dinner, and somehow there was a small remark about marriage- nothing serious, but it made me think - why is it that marriage is so much a part of our culture, that it has to appear anywhere are everywhere in discussions and chit chat, ok, it was not being discussed today, but was just a part of leg pulling, but still.... as i look at it, marriage is about a lot of companionship, a lot of being together, and a part of the being together in bed(well i have tried to be use axioms for the bed part, we all know what it is)....and so companionship is the key...you should be able to connect to the person, and that is where the indian society stands on its head, how can you be sure that you connect, and if you guys are not sure, how do you take the plunge? and what if the plunge drowns you and never let u resurface??? ok, i know this is a rather pessimistic view of the entire thing, after all almost all the people we know, or most of them have got hooked up this way. shady hai bhai!!! ok, back to dinner.....went to bercos' - good starters, not so good main course, and followed by an amazing coffee at CCD....wrote on tissues, and cards and bills after like ages.....f@#$ yaar its like more than a decade out of school and would soon be a decade outta college....., someone mentioned that arts faculty has not changed for some time, as long as i could remember arts faculty was like going thru permanent renovation, and so was all the main campus.....seems like yesterday.... ok, i still have nt decided or thought over if the blog is gonna have a cenntral theme, besides of course ME, but maybe i would just ramble for sometime till i get the hang or regular blogging.....any ideas , any one..??