There's a certain "haha fuck you" kind of a defiance that has shaped how a lot of Indian festivals are celebrated.
They are no longer emanating from a place of love and joy, but a desire to inflict the most obnoxious self expression at the cost of everyone else's wellbeing.
Women who don’t seek marriage are viewed as irrational, meanwhile men openly announce they “understand” cheating on one’s wife because she aged.
The reality is that women are expected to see these sentiments, to understand that should they be abandoned, other men will “understand,” but believe so deeply in their ability to “choose right” that the gamble doesn’t matter.
It works out as a moral puzzle that exonerates the man every time - by definition, if he cheats (or abuses, etc) she “chose wrong” in the first place and deserved it.
Every woman is expected to believe SHE will “choose right” and also believe that failing to roll the dice (opting out of marriage) is forfeiting any chance at happiness.
More & more woman are waking up to this rigged calculation and, as a result, men cry about birth rates and demean them. Maybe these champions of marriage & family should throw a fit in the comments of men like this instead.