India, June 13 -- In one of my coaching sessions with a 32-year-old Ivy League graduate - let's call her Sanya - she said that she has this underlying unhappiness with life in general. Sanya hopes that getting married might be the solution to this problem. With years of experience seeing single people find their partners and hand-holding them through the arc of their relationship, Sanya's statement disturbed me.

Those of us who have navigated marriage know that there are many things for which we can depend on our partners, but some remain out of the realm of that dependency.

Happiness is definitely one of them.

You will share happiness that will come from achievements, holidays, small and big gestures of love and care by your partner. ...