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Are arranged marriages a good tradition or an outdated notion?

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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 friend of there's. It's endless dating that can be enjoyable but also very stressful. If the pressures of finding your perfect partner were taken away from you and your parents did all the hard work, surely that would be a good thing.

Many single men and women have taken to internet dating, speed dating and dating agency's. Surely your parents would be able to pick a better partner for you than a complete stranger.

Finding a partner with similar back round, financial stability, and common interests isn't always found down your local pub or sweaty night club. Then you have also got the issue's of baggage. Ex's and children can cause a great deal of stress. Finding partners can be very easy for those that have great looks and confidence. But what about the millions of people that aren't so pretty and not so confident. Surely all those millions of people would have preferred to not go through the rejection and even sometimes humiliation and just had the pleasure of an arranged marriage.

The amount of time spent looking for an ideal partner, the wasted on-line chatting, texting and drunken nights out could all be stopped. Some men and women spend there twenties and thirties searching for an ideal mate. Many just settle for what ever they can get once the lines of age start to show and they no longer feel like searching.

I suppose to believe arranged marriages is a good thing would mean to not believe in true love. But who's to say our true love can't be introduced to us by arranged marriage. Or does true love really exist. Surely love is something that grows in time.

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