A Choice of Accommodations

This short story really bummed me out. Throughout this story Lahiri comments on how marriage isn't something that lasts like it does in the fairy tales. Amit admits to a stranger, the person he is sitting next to at the wedding dinner, that his marriage has disappeared. It isn't like he is consoling his best friend, he just throws that comment out into the open during conversation. Megan doesn't ever say those words or talk about how their marriage has vanished a bit, but it is evident in her language and body language that she feels similar. She is a bit aggressive in her comments toward Amit. When she discovers the hole in her skirt and Amit asks her if she packed an extra out fit, she aggressively replies with "did you?" It's little things in her dialogue and body language that make it clear that she isn't as happy as she was. At the end of this story I guess there was some "reconcile." That doesn't make them fall into a better marriage though. I think the ending was put in to show that they both don't hate each other. At the end I would say Lahiri is trying to say that even if marriage is not always easy or great that you still have to stick by that persons side. In reality this I would assume is pretty true, but Lahiri doesn't hesitate to display how miserable people can be too. It was as if at some points in this story Amit and Megan were so distant that they didn't even know each other. It was upsetting to see how far a part they both became, driving silently in the car. Even though this story was sad, I think the overall message is good to take away. Even if the things aren't going as planned or as they should, you have to stick it out by that persons side, because even if you might not like them right now, deep down you hopefully still love them.