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by Randy Scott
Love is a many splendored thing; or so I have heard. Eyes meet, hearts beat, birds sing and the world gets turned upside down; unless of course you have an arranged marriage. Th...read more
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Romeo and Juliet is a classic example of why an arranged marraige is outdated and ends in tragedy. The times required most young women and men to enter into a relationship, not ...read more
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by Rose Conrad
Stop for one moment and imagine yourself in this situation. You are a 16 year old girl, born in the UK, educated in London, with high hopes to go on to University and make a car...read more
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In a society where "personal choice" seems to be one of the more important aspects of life, it seems foreign to most of us that arranged marriages ever occurred, much less still...read more
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by Sara Bradley
This is a pendulum question because the answer is yes and no to both sides. When a government or status family arranges a marriage, it is done to their benefit. They choos...read more
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My heart goes out to people who have had their marriages arranged because of a tradition. For a young girl or a young man, I cannot think of anything more offensive and against ...read more
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by Rich Rivers
In this computer age where every aspect of life rolls as fast as the computer, arranged marriages become an outdated notion. To many, the tradition is cruel and outrageous, eve...read more
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by Nadia Khan
If you asked me this question a few years ago, I would directly tell you that arrange marriage is nothing but a way for parents to control the fate of their children's lives as ...read more
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I can't believe that people still believe that marrying a spouse for the unification of two families is still a good thing! I saw that 20% of people have voted in favor of arran...read more
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by Lester Nixon
I have personally known many couples from various cultures and countries that were in arranged marriages. I feel though that though many of the couples would never express this,...read more
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In today's society, it is pretty much unheard of to have an arranged marriage. I mean, don't get me wrong, I could probably see having an arranged marriage maybe 250 years ago....read more
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Marriage should be only if the people getting married are in love. If you met your spouse two weeks or even the DAY before you were going to get married, would you fall in love ...read more
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I think that arranged marriages are outdated. I work for an Indian lawfirm that practices divorce. Almost every single divorce client that walks in that door is an arranged mar...read more
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by Lisa Fillers
Arranged marriages should not only be an outdated notion but an illegal activity! This was often practiced by parents, occasionally with good intentions, to see that their chil...read more
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I think arranged marriages are way outdated and very wrong, improper, and unwanted. A marriage between two people should be agreed upon between those two people and arranged and...read more
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by Phil Hill
How can it be good that two people are thrown together by their families? Marriage is a commitment to love one another. It all usually starts in Western society with a physical ...read more
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Outdated, definitely. To have an arranged marriage? How do you know those two you have arranged a marriage for them, even perhaps before they were born would fall in love with...read more
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Why is that when ever we think of arranged marriage we tend to look at the Hindu. Perhaps is it because they are the ones that started this tradition. A tradition that is way o...read more
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by Paul Arhewe
In contemporary times, the 21st century young male and their female counterpart prefer to find their own hubby. the practice of matchmaking is still in a way common among friend...read more
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by lakss
In order to understand the danger of arranged marriages, one should watch a recent English movie called "Provoked". It stars leading Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai as an uneduc...read more
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I say good, but there is a caveat. If a person is from a strong cultural background, especially in a more traditional, ethnic or religious community, arranged marriages often w...read more
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by Ria Bikash
Arranged marriages have been and still are, the norm in much of the eastern world. The term 'arranged marriage' is a much maligned one, probably for a good reason. The term brin...read more
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by See Ing Or -
Arranged marriages are good tradition and not outdated Marriage is the first institution established and approved by God ever since mankind existed on this earth. God arranged...read more
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Arranged marriages can be good but it all depends on what one considers to be an arranged marriage. It can involve two people who have absolutely no say in the choice of their ...read more
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by Hasan Goreja
The people belonging to West have a severe form of misunderstanding as regards the word "Arranged Marriages". According to them, if two cousins or even unknown people of differe...read more
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The more I look at today's typical marriage in America the more I think arranged marriages are a good idea. I say this because American's don't have the drive to keep marriages...read more
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Having to find a decent partner can become an obsession that leaves many heart broken and many even broke. From internet dating to having a friend at work set you up with a frie...read more
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by Nidhi Bhatt
I can see why 81% of the voters feel that arranged marriages are outdated. It is because of the common misconceptions that people have. I bet most of those who voted have never ...read more
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The Pros and Cons of an Arranged Marriage In the beginning of preparing this article I had grim views of arranged marriages coming from the western world. Living and growing...read more
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People in general tend to disparage arranged marriages saying a lot of unpleasant things about this tradition. There is nothing bad about arranged marriages even in todays world...read more
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In a recent study done by the Denver University, seven out of ten married couples revealed that an arranged marriage would have had a better chance of surviving. The three year ...read more
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How can anyone approve of an arranged marriage? OK, they are mainly a product of tradition or religion, but come on. They are overrated and outdated. We live in the 21st Cent...read more
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Marriages can only be of two types either arranged or love marriage. I consider arranged marriage good tradition. In a modern arranged marriage (not forced arranged marriages)...read more
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by Rick Shipley
Arranged marriages today are in no way the same as they were in the past. Today arranged marriages are more like an international dating service for working adults. In most cult...read more
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Prior to the advent of the germ theory of disease, most people died before reaching what we now call middle age, and their children had to be grown enough by then to fend for th...read more
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by Jay Khan
Arrange marriages is not a tradition but in many ways a set rules of culture. My parents and their parents have had their marriages arranged and maybe all wasn't happy but they ...read more
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First of all it is important to understand what one makes of 'arranged' marriage. So let's define it - an arranged marriage is when a girl and a boy are introduced for the purpo...read more
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by GURUNATH
Arranged marriages are good at all times. Bonding with family members is still good in India. Elders will have more affection with youngsters without selfish motives. Westerners...read more
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by Maen Qasas
In the middle east, Arranged marriages in the late 1800s and early 1900s was letting your parents search for a bride for you and they engage her after she passes some 'Tests' by...read more
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by Deepa Nanda
I say, "to each his own". But I do believe whether it is a love marriage or an arranged marriage or a semi love cum arranged marriage, what matters is how successful the marriag...read more
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