For all the wrong reasons.

A long lost friend of mine confided in me recently. He has been facing relationship problems for 2 years now. The tricky part is that, he's married. He said that he has lost feelings for his wife because her attitude, behavior, etc.
His list of woes included: the wife being
- not understanding
- over-suspicious
- over-sensitive
- dictating
- a control freak
These are the common complaints men have on their missus. Personally, I feel that his marriage started on the wrong foot.

It boils down to the reason, why do couples even get married? Of course, the morally-correct and stereo-typical reason is that these couples do want to spend the rest of their lives together lovingly, as mentioned in almost all fairy tales as the “happily ever after” kind of ending. However, for my friend, his core reason is all different. His is out of filial piety. His father was diagnosed with cancer and wished to see him “settled down” before he passed on. So my friend, hastily got a decent girl, dated her for less than a year before marrying her. He told me that he is sacrificing his happiness to fulfill his father’s death wish and he will do his duty as a good husband. Frankly, to me, that’s definitely not the right reason to get married.

I have already given up in talking him into counseling. He is just waiting for his wife to give up on the marriage. It’s another sad ending, another one to add up to the already rising statistics.