04/05/2017
My two cents!
A fraction of people who see marriage as some sort of achievement are mostly underachievers in other areas of life!
When you really have so much going for you, a ring won't be regarded as life goals or a life saver. Marriage would simply be understood as finding your other half - a help mate, a personal commitment to someone you love, and that's all there is to marriage.
It becomes an achievement when based on this union, two heads become better than one; which results in making giant strides as a team! As a force together.
Don't tell me because you have an aboki wedding ring, a bum of a man/woman, you suddenly became better off than every single person. Or you have attained an unattainable height, achieved the unachievable and advanced in life. How please? Taa! You're delusional.
You only entered an institution that has been in existence since the beginning of time. Nothing new.
Another set of people who see marriage as an achievement are those who look at it from the superficial angle. For example:
Banky w and Adesuwa are getting married, and what's on most people's lips is "the new power couple" "cute pair" and "their anticipated flamboyant wedding day". Likewise, people hardly see marriage for what it signifies. They don't think so much about the purpose and function of marriage.
They're only interested in the superficial outlook - How they want to be seen by the society.
But when the 'congrats' is over, when the initial thrill and novelty wears off, they come to the realization that the real achievement needs to be made out of marriage, and not just tagging marriage an achievement based on one's marital status.