marriage isnt something I will do. As far as aranging it seems really stupid to me who cares what your parents think its your life do what you want not your family.
I do believe in arranged marriages as long as both the people feel comfortable with each other and are not forced into it.... Love marriages are fine but they do tend to overlook certain major aspects on which life depends in a longer run.... Regards, RightMan
To be honest, i used to think that arranged marriage will NOT work. But i was surprised to read about an old couple celebrating their 35 years together, where it al started with an arranged marriage. My conclusion is who am i to judge? You can never tell if the marriage is going to work or not! Sometimes, things changes when they have kids and become parents. Or perhaps they may fall in love with each other after getting married? Exceptions do happen...
Love and arrange marriage both have their own advantages and short comings. I am not against anyone of them.
this is very strange: how should an arrange marriage work? sometimes it's hard to deal with your spouse even though you have deeply feelings for him/her...I can't imagine living and coping with somebody who's a stranger for me from so many points of view
I feel that everyone should be free to chose their own destiny and in an ideal world the persons parents would support their choice and decisions. Unfortunately this isn't always how it works and people sometimes force their choices on others. I think arranged marriages suffer from this problem a lot. Don't get me wrong, I understand that arranged marriages are more successful and have lower divorce levels, but I think someone else nailed it when they said that the cultures and countries where arranged marriages are popular are also adverse to divorce. However, with that said I think it's important for me to admit my lack of knowledge and experience in this area. I think westerners, people in the UK at least, especially newspapers, criticize arranged marriages all the time and find it outrageous when the majority of people here have little or no experience with it at all. It's a different culture and way of doing things, and to say that it's wrong or be appalled by it without understanding anything about it is ignorance. I have never been married, let alone been involved in an arranged marriage, and so my input on the matter isn't based on experience and isn't as valuable as someone who has.
Love and arranged marriages have their own merits and demerits. BTW, mine is arranged one and it is happy and successful
I've heard that the whole concept of dating and choosing your own spouse is actually fairly new in terms of many generations of times past. Arranged marriages used to be quite the norm. Can't remember where I found the statistic, but I remember reading once who successful overall it was and that surprised me. Not sure I'd want it personally.......but then who knows, we don't always pick what's best for ourselves either.