Friday, November 20, 2015

Critically Thinking About CONSENT

Yaminee is a soft-spoken well to do girl. She is too kind to condemn anybody, or to say no to any request. Her husband is a Senior Software Developer. Recently, her husband developed a mild conflict with her. What caused the problem? On a week end without telling about it to her, her husband booked two tickets for watching a night show movie of a popular Hero. Actually, that day from the morning, she was not feeling well and wanted to take rest for sometime. But, because she never used to say no to anybody, she went with half heart to the AC theater. She felt horrible of her situation.  Meanwhile, her husband had further ordered a Vegetable Biriyani which she did not like to have that time. Sober Yaminee avoided eating the food. Her husband got confused on seeing it. He asked why she avoided the food, she answered nothing. As she was keeping on silence, irritated husband erupted in anger.

We might have come across similar situations in our everyday lives, when one of our personal relatives such as life partner, parents, siblings, friends assume our permanent agreement in all they do. But opinions differ always. Avoidable conflicts arise due to one's assumption that one's close relations would say yes always in everything. If the other person don't agree and say no, we take it personally as rejection of ourselves. For the fear of hurting the loved ones, many say yes without the actual agreement with the idea. That gives room for resentment, unhappiness and conflict.

We should be open to accept one's disagreement. We should ask one's consent before taking confidence of the action itself. If someone directly says no to our idea, we should not take it as a personal rejection.

All social endeavors require the prior consent of the individuals involved. If we are open to accept people's consent, we can avoid lot of misunderstandings and needless conflicts. For that, we all should agree with saying YES for what one feels YES and say NO for what one feels NO. Such open mind relationship would be pleasant for all. We wish that all of us be happy and make happy all.
  
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Consent -  agreement about something

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