where do i begin to tell the story of how great a love can be well not in this space for sure for there isnt really anything like a great love story anymore what we do have in its place is a carefully calculated and mostly confused arrangement that couples often mistake for the real thing sample this boy meets girl they fall in love parents protest lovers rebel elope and live happily ever after on love and fresh airrelate this scenario to any youngster and they have more than a little to say on the subject its impossible for me to fall in love with a boy whos not of the same social standing as me says anjali khanna and what exactly is her social standing for starters i have my own mobile phone ipod pc and my family goes out on foreign trips twice a year phew all that from a 14yearoldhr consultant mohit banerjee has pretty much the same ideas on love ive had a girlfriend for close to four years now shes great fun to hangout with we watch films have a drink or two eat out get a little naughty now and then she really is a nice girl why then did he refuse point blank to pop the question honestly id rather marry someone my parents pick for me im quite strongheaded and stubborn so when it comes to the person im spending my life with im quite ok with whoever my folks select after all they know me bestbanker and only child vidya nayyar thinks love and marriage are two very different things im very fond of my boyfriend but why the heck should i take on the responsibility of his whole clan vidya leaves home at 830 am and never returns before 10 pm in my parents house i get hot meals my own room a tv and a telephone why would i want to give all this up to be a wife and mother id have to cook breakfast and dinner take on more chores than i want to and be at everyones beck and call 25x8 the idea itself is enough to give me stress plus i earn well i dont really need a man to support me she saystch tch whatever happened to happily ever after it got itself a divorce chuckles young lawyer steve kapoor everyone knows just how successful love marriages are these days it really makes no sense to go through the whole charade only to regret it a couple of years later a sentiment aptly explained many years ago by the gorgeous katherine hepburn who famously said sometimes i wonder if men and women really suit each other perhaps they should just live next door and visit now and thennow wouldnt that be a perfect arrangement of course not says john gray the author of men are from mars women are from venus the problem is that with more and more