Relationships in 20s

With the new found economic development in the country, there is a new social phenomenon seen on the high rise. Young graduates from the colleges are directly getting placed in big companies earning handsomely about 15k to 20k bucks as starting salary. Now this is something un-precedent. Our previous generations didn’t even knew what is earning at this age and here are people giving nightmares to marketing executives because of their purchasing power and frivolous spending habits.

One of the observations seen in the workplaces because of this is quite stark. There was a survey done by one of the leading national daily and it was found that more than 70% people find their love mates and life partner at their work place. I mean here is a generation which is really confidant of itself, doesn’t answer to anybody, majority doesn’t have any responsibility on them, majority come from lower middle class and middle class background and thus earn more than their parents, all good enough conditions for the raging hormones to feel at the top of this world, who can control these people! It is no surprise that a casual meeting, an outing to nearby restaurant with friends, a contagious smile is all that is required for sparks to fly off.

This has far reaching consequences though. Most of these love birds are under high stress because of their relationship problems like ego clashes, work time mismanagement, long distance relationship issues at times, unwilling nature to adjust to other’s needs, and the demanding job doesn’t add any respite. Speaking from personal experience I have seen people, who are really star performers in their team and command lot of respect for their work, have been led to downfall because of their love relationships at work. In quest to devote time to their partners such employees might take their job a little casually and this where it all starts. Little slack in concentration leads to serious issues at their work and soon all the good reputation is all lost. Failure at work place and increased stress add to frustration and tension between these people and then heart breaks. It is therefore not surprising though that the success rate of such relations is very low. Relationships are good sometimes as your partner help to cope up to work stress and it really helps to these people that there is someone who is there to understand them emotionally, but junk lifestyle, improper food habits, excessive work hours and demanding deadlines often gets better off them.

This generation will soon has to learn means and ways to handle above and strike a balance between work and personal life, don’t mix the two, and the sooner it is done the better it is.