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Register to read the introduction… When Dodong decided to marry Teang, his decision was so sudden, and he ended up with his son doing the same thing. It was like the old stereotypical sayings “History repeats itself” and “An eye for an eye”. Dodong did not consider the pessimistic possibilities when he gets married at early age. He just thought everything would be fine, that he could handle stuff but the consequences made its way to brag Dodong’s life. When his son, Blas, decided to get married at early age same as what Dodong did in the past. You should always think first before doing or taking on uncertain step in your life to avoid superb consequences which may come or even get worst due to improcess decision making process. We’ve seen a whole lot of worse or even worst versions of this kind of mistake in our present society. Indeed, at this kind of generation, it is hard to solve this, all we can do is that be aware of every little step we’ll …show more content…
Marriage in a very young age when you’re not yet prepared to be in it and you just go into it with uncertainty will not work well. The obligations accompanied to this thing will later born new problems, problems that will not only affect your marriage but your life as a whole. Before getting married, you should think not just twice but a hundred times, because once you’re into it, you’ll get hard and complex times finding the way out. You should consider not just your feeling for your girl, you also consider your life and your problems, you should be complete prepared and strong in both mental and physical aspect, and you should be open with all possibilities, both negative and positive. Marriage is not just a way you go through, it is something you spend much of your life with so you should be more than a hundred and ten percent sure about your decision before commencing in this next and more complex, fuzzier and more ratting stage of

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