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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 They are overrated and outdated.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 Century and having someone chosen for you to spend the rest of your live nowadays is just ridiculous!

How can two people not meet before they wed, and then be forced to "accept" each other for the rest of their lives? Love is supposed to be a learned experience, but you should be able to choose who you want to love and be happy with. You should be able to learn love with whom you want to learn with.

The journey towards marriage should be a wonderful, exciting, and glorious experience with ups and downs to go with it. The whole time from when you meet and the entire dating process is about getting to know your partner. Acknowledging each others faults and goofy behaviors. Women, when we are girls, think about our weddings. All from the colors, to the cake, the dress, the people, venue and honeymoon. Dieting, tanning, hair appointments, nail and make-up trial runs, are all part of how a woman prepares to look her absolute best for the one she loves. Walking down that aisle, glowing and looking fabulous is what that day is all about to her.

One of the most important events occurs before the wedding is the proposal.

The proposal is the man's time to shine. It's a moment in which the man has to really know the woman he loves and make her feel that she is the only person who he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with.

To have all of these events taken away from people because of an arranged marriage is outrageous! Back in the 16, 17, & 1800's, it was acceptable, maybe a good tradition, and maybe individuals didn't think about the above mentioned ideas, but at this day in age, it is an outdated notion and should be absolutely unheard of.

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