Don’t marry. So, why do we?

In the short video, a couple are discussing marriage. She asks, “Babe, what is the ideal age to get married?” He gives an answer, worthy of the canned laughter that follows it: “Biologically 15 years. Legally, after 18. Culturally, 24-28 years. Economically, above 30. And logically, NEVER.”

Of course, internet is awash with such videos. People are forwarding it every second, confident of a chuckle at the receiving end. And, it’s not just online humour. In offices up and down the world, the same kind of joke is a face-to-face staple of the watercooler conversation.

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