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Jhumpa Lahiri

I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Marriage

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As people grow older and experience marriage firsthand, they naturally start paying more attention to how their parents' relationship worked. This personal experience creates a tendency to compare their own marriage with their parents', noticing similarities and differences.

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