Title: Contemporary Women's Choices and Growth: The Balance of Love and Self-Actualization.
During the Chinese New Year, I had the opportunity to listen to the chats of several of my girlfriends, and their conversations gave me a new understanding of the concept of love and family among contemporary young women.
These girls are all well-educated post-90s, and they reveal unique insights into love and marriage in their chats. Two of the girls chose to live a single life, enjoying a life of freedom and focusing on their careers and personal interests. The other two have experienced all kinds of hardships in their relationship, some broke up due to family pressure, and some chose to part ways because of emotional incompatibility.
These stories may not be unusual, but they reflect contemporary women's attitudes towards love and marriage. They no longer see marriage as an inevitable choice in life, but as a part of their own lives, where they can choose to embrace or stay away. They are more focused on self-actualization and self-choice, and no longer give up their own happiness in order to cater to others.
This change is the embodiment of social progress. People are beginning to pay more attention to the value and rights of the individual, and no longer see marriage as the only destination in life, but as an experience in life that can bring joy or pain. Women are beginning to pay more attention to their inner needs and well-being, and no longer rely on others for their fate.
As parents, we should respect and understand the choices of our daughters. We no longer impose on them the notion of marriage, nor do we interfere with their love life. We just want them to be able to make choices that match their hearts and live the life they want.
Love and marriage are part of life, but not all. It is important that we learn to take responsibility for our own happiness and not pass the blame on others. I hope that every woman can find her own happiness and live the life she wants.