The lecturer began quite innocuously, citing examples in Contract Law where a contract can be deemed void. One instance, he said, was when there was a mistake as to identity of the parties involved in the contract.
"Consider a marraige where the wife discovers that the person she has married, is actually not the person she thought she had married. Would the marraige be voided by this?"
Quite quickly, a girl in the front rows quipped, "Doesn't that happen all the time?"
Everyone laughed. Then, the painful reality of it hit, and everyone sighed.
It's strange though, when you put some thought to it. Whose mother has never cautioned them before, not to rush into relationships? That one must spend time getting to know the other party before taking the plunge?
Yet, anyone can tell you that no matter how hard you try to get to know another person well, no matter how hard you try to figure out if you're compatible before you get attached, most of the discovery only takes place after.
One of the innumerable mysteries of life then, I guess.
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