{"id":22198,"date":"2022-08-18T12:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22198"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:57:26","slug":"how-facebook-is-showcasing-the-beautiful-side-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=22198","title":{"rendered":"How Facebook is showcasing the beautiful side of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title-small\">What you need to know:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text-block\">\n<ul class=\"rte--list\">\n<li>Keith Dindi and Esther Dindi, both medical doctors, started \u2018Thriving Couples\u2019 on Facebook to encourage couples that relationship challenges can be surmounted to pave way for happier and desirable homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an era where \u201cit will end in tears\u201d is a fashionable slogan to describe relationships, one couple has developed a passion for encouraging others to share their love stories as proof that marriages can thrive. Keith Dindi and Esther Dindi, both medical doctors, started \u2018Thriving Couples\u2019 on Facebook in October 2020, but they did not expect it to attract 626,000 members and hundreds of compelling testimonies of love by mid-January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>The group radiates the blissful side of marriage as the Holy Book intended, as seen in the thrilling love stories of couples, complete with photographs, mostly of their weddings, some spanning 35 years and others newly-weds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>The activities are spiced with weekly \u201cDindis Nuggets\u201d on Sunday when the founders share pointers to a happy marriage with practical examples of how they deal with situations in their 15-year union; or words of wisdom they learn from older couples, rendered entertainingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"teasers-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"col-1-1 medium-col-1-1 large-col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"col-1-1\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Dindis Nuggets<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>The Lifestyle magazine interviewed the parents of three; 12-year-old twins Joshua and Darlen, and Caleb aged 5, soon after they celebrated their 15 years of nuptials. They gave their perspective about why the marriage institution is fast losing believers and their inspiration to save it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cTalks about marriage out there have mostly been negative. If you listen to radio talk shows, there is a lot of nastiness about marriage and the society is sadly normalising that aspect that leans on the darker side of the spectrum,\u201d observes Esther, a consultant physician and fitness trainer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>\u201cThriving Couples stemmed from our passion to help the society focus on the beautiful side of marriage. How about we talk of faithfulness, commitment to each other and the general excitement about marriage?\u201d she poses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-wrapper\">\n<p>Keith, a heart surgeon, agrees that someone needed to encourage couples, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic when domestic violence cases increased, that relationship challenges can be surmounted to pave way for happier and desirable homes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/lifestyle\/heart-to-heart\/how-facebook-is-showcasing-the-beautiful-side-of-marriage-3918480\">Click to read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know: Keith Dindi and Esther Dindi, both medical doctors, started \u2018Thriving Couples\u2019 on Facebook to encourage couples that relationship challenges can be surmounted to pave way for happier and desirable homes. 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