Is it just my perception?

Completely agree, one thing i want to add in the 5th point, it’s not just infidelity, happiness in marriage has become way too materialistic like the luxury gift culture. It’s like no one wants a work in progress everybody wants a finished product, the lack of patience, instant gratification are also leading to these. Just my 2 cents.

Galat topic pakadliye bhai.. bohot dukh hai isme.. chodo isko aur concentrate on making a difference in the world one tiny bit at a time..

By the way, all the observations are on the dot, 100%

Highlight the points you disagree with. I would appreciate hearing about your experiences.

I guess root of all the problems is expectations. The more you have the more you get disappointed. And since the social media usage is at its peak and everyone is having tons of expectations, low attention span, peer pressure to do better than your friends/relatives, Also the choice paradox is adding salt to the wounds.

what I feel for the solution to these problems is to expect less and do something productive (can be anything in your case) and find happiness in small things.

If you have loving parents, some good friends, a partner who is mature and understands you and some decent earnings. you are better than most of your peers you can think of. Cheers.

Life has no meaning. You give a meaning to yours. You wanna be happy? Take control of your day. Also reminds me of a dialogue by Logan in Succession: Life's not knights on horseback. It's a number on a piece of paper. It's a fight for a knife in the mud.

Completely agree with all of this. Although for 7, I feel it is good in a way as early on everything revolved around Engg/Doctor. Right now people are starting to realise there are other avenues where you can find success and that's great. Yet there is a need to make it into a competitive segment or it won't make us feel worth it.

While this post seems more or less about your life, it may not be the same for everyone. You are probably experiencing life as you grow older and circumstances change around you.

Agree to some points, here is my take,

1. I think we should sit back with our parents for some time, telling what is our interest, what we want from life, and how will I achieve success, eod they want us to be happy. Take charge of your life.

2. Not always we will like what majority people like.

3. Human connections are getting smaller and smaller, most of the time we tend to live on this fake reality of screens. Instagram, modern movies/series, any type of modern media has planted unrealistic expectations in our minds how we see our ideal partner should be, we want a lot from normal human beings.

4. Related with point 2, majority of people are influenced by western culture.

5. Societal pressure is real, but we should plan our finances instead of getting succumbed to it.

6. Unfortunate Reality.

7. India population being so large, and unemployment being on the rise, we need to constantly look out for new unexplored opportunities that interests us or become the top 1% in our current field.

Seriously! I'm seeing sooo many marriages going into divorce nowadays. More than 10-12 couples just in my network in recent times. I wonder why. They all had expensive high profile weddings.

Fair points
You will also have to realize this all comes in cycles and everything has time span things eventually fades and some other things will become hot