Would you pawn your marriage?
Written by ED on July 30, 2007 – 6:11 pm - Posted in Affairs of the Heart, Singapore |I don’t usually read Mandarin newspapers but my dad left it conveniently on the sofa and splashed across the frontpage was a little article about MP Irene Ng for Tampines GRC. (Correct me if I got the wrong person) Well, she got hitched at 43 years old… finally. Anyway, this post is not about her individually but the content with which it was written in the papers that puzzled me a little. Is this a para-political marriage? To what extend would you pawn your marriage?
Well, it was described that this wedding of MP Irene Ng was also inline with one of the four government’s initiatives, one of which is encouraging citizens to settle down and procreate. I was pretty shocked and awed of course.
Marriage to me is a sacred union. Not only is it a bond of the hearts of two lovebirds, but it is also a set of black and white commitment we give to our partners. If anyone is to get married, surely it will be out of love, the desire to continue loving someone and take care of someone among many other intimate reasons. Afterall, marriage is an “agreement” where two different persons with two different backgrounds forging a common life and goal together. That’s to me, at least.
The manner the newspaper described it, sounded as though the marriage was sort of politically motivated. It is unavoidable, since she is an MP. However, how appropriate are we to link a marriage to political propogandas? I am guessing this is only the way the papers wrote it, I hope.
Would I do that? Or allow that to even happen if I did not initiate it? No way!!! On no grounds will I allow someone to commercialize or political-ise my marriage. We have seen how Valentine’s Day has become, supposedly a day to celebrate our love. Hasn’t it become just another day to squeeze a couple more dollars from the couple?
Of course, the fact that she married at 43 years of age, that’s considerably very late. We are not even talking about high-risk pregnancy and stuffs, where procreation is part of the propoganda. Is that still pro-family? I don’t think so, and that’s only my feel of it. Even a MP is getting married this late, how do they expect Singaporeans to buy their story then? It’s more like a shot in their own foot.
Bottomline, if I were in her shoes will I publicise my marriage (or allowed to be publicised) in such a manner? No way… I shall keep it between the two hearts. My marriage is not a business deal.
July 30th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
My guess is that she didn’t want it this way as well.
She’s a MP guess this is something which she has to deal with everyday.
Bad press everyday. I’ve met her once before. She sure doesn’t look that old to me.
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July 30th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I’m guessing that too, because when we seriously put the propoganda side by side with marriage, I can safely say this marriage has shown us reality - which coincidently opposes the very same set of objectives.
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July 31st, 2007 at 9:06 am
Marriage is about love and commitment. Yeah, she’s an MP and having such news about her is unavoidable. She don’t have a choice does she?
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July 31st, 2007 at 9:57 am
Just guessing the newspaper should be more tactful with the way they presented the article, instead of jumping at ever opportunity to link it to a political agenda.
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July 31st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Being in the public limelight, it’s unavoidable for her story to be publicised in such a grand scale. The papers are trying too hard to get into the gahmen’s book.
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July 31st, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I just don’t understand why every report must be linked to political agenda. What’s wrong with our press honestly? Grads with one-way-traffic in their head?
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