I disapprove jailbreak marriage, for I believe that it’s a lame excuse and there are always better solutions to the problem. This kind of marriages sacrifices love in exchange of illusory freedom. Rather than enduring the limitations and restrictions of family, young girls seek for any man available to take to the chapel and put on rings. The idea is ridiculous! To abandon home without emotion, neither the acquired freedom nor the faux marriage is worth the price. Family is supposed to be the source of love and warmth, especially as a one’s strongest backup, but now to sabotage it and embrace a total stranger, the person must have been insane enough to do such a stupid thing. Speaking of jailbreak marriage, I recall the story of my aunt who got married to a Malaysian businessman. The tension between her and my grandparents at the time was so huge that you could no longer have a peaceful life; they conjured arguments and quarreled every day. During one of the fights, my aunt was outrageous and nothing could alleviate the intensity anymore. Out of frustration she took to the roads and left, bumping into my uncle on the way and got married as fast as lightning. She was still in college then! But what I heard from the relatives was that my aunt has been sitting all day gloomy in the house afterwards. And that’s one life example among the countless victims who suffer from the jailbreak marriage.
I couldn’t help but pondered: why on earth would anyone consider jailbreak marriage a good idea? Marriage is a life pact that binds two people together for the rest of their lives. However ignorant teens are unaware of the sacred meaning, diving into the pool of “jailbreak marriages” one after another like sharks in taste for blood. Most victims of this ordeal are teenagers and some haven’t even reached the age of twenty, for teens tend to be shortsighted. Scientists and intellectuals have given these people the name of “breakers,” to refer in particular to the people that go against conventions and traditions. The “breakers” are willing to do anything to rebel and fight for their discontent. They seek for every way to solve the problem, eventually coming up with the ultimate: get married and you will be saved. They seem so simple-minded, for there are so many other methods among the choices of improving the unpleasant situation in the family. To name a few: a nice chat with the family members, advices from teachers and friends at school, a part time-job to learn how to be independent and so on. But to give up the family for trifles like: strict parents, house rules and disciplinary, or the unpleasant of having to share a room with siblings, it’s never worth it. Polls and investigations showed that the number of these “breakers” has been increasing from time to time; this phenomenon of marrying irresponsibly seems to have created a charm and attraction to the youth. We can’t help but start to worry: will the jailbreak marriage become a trend in the future? There may be no direct influence of these marriages to us but as the amount of “breakers” rise; the divorce rate, percentage of unhappy families and the number of abandoned kids are surly going to swarm. But if everybody can recognize these future burdens to our society, know their responsibilities and take approaches immediately; therefore, the trend can be stopped and further turbulence won’t happen. Who else has ever thought that such a decision of leaving the family early and getting married with someone you don’t love has come so close to causing such a riot? I guess that’s both the charm and evil side of the jailbreak marriage.
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