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Rita said that she was going Pokhara the next day.
It would not be right to write a Haiku about aliens
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I suppose it depends on what the ritual is. In most Religions, if a person is performing (what I think is Ritual), and they believe it wholeheartedly, it is never going to get old. I imagine it depends on the Religion & Ritual.
Other sorts of “rituals” like how many times you brush your bottom and top teeth could become more like “obsessive compulsive disorder”. Some people I know treat their IPhone like a sort of “ritualistic” activity, looking and checking without any real need.
It will depend upon what the Ritual is, and what it is used in or for.
Yes, it could've ended differently if the two families came to an understanding with each other. This would've changed the fact that Romeo and Juliet die, since you know, they were trying their best to get married secretly in fear that their families would continue fighting (maybe kill someone else).