Arranged Marriages?

Love is always forced into you by unconscious forces... arranged marriages are a way to conduct the same process in a more rational, manner as it befits the modern society.

 

Remember, there are cultures where marriages are arranged, and divorce rate is much lower there... that is because, arranged marriages tend to encourage rational compromise.

 

Heh... you seem to enjoy facism.

 

what is facism, judging somebody by their face?

 

But if your parents chose your husband for you, more than likely it would be based on religion, and therefore their own marriage would have been arranged. Arranged marriages statistically last longer than marriages based on passion/love/etc, so they probably would be compatible with each other.

I just wrote an article on arranged marriages...Interviewed somebody who is Muslim and is involved in one. She told me that it's based on respect of not only her religion but her parents and her spouse. It's the same way for the guy. Basing a marriage on respect theoretically is a sure-fire way for a marriage to last...so...

I mean, if my parents (putting aside all their partial..ness) decided to choose me a husband that was right for me, I guess I would go along with it...with the prospect of it lasting longer than a passion-induced engagement and whatnot.

 

having never been in a non-arangeged marrige or arranged marrige, i have no opinion

 

If it aint broked dont fix it...

 

If the goal of an arranged marriage is to create a lasting relationship between a man and a woman so as to raise children, then arranging marriages is no longer necessary. In this day and age, we need a man and a woman to make a child, but we don’t need both to raise a child. Relationships are less and less about children, so marriage, and insuring a successful, long-lasting marriage by way of government or family-arranged marriages aren’t necessary. It all depends on what you see as the goal of the relationship between man and woman is- Love? Sex? Raising children?

 

I like the way Gene Simmons puts it.(im paraphrasing) "I dont need the government to tell me when im in love." He doesnt like marriage at all. Hes a pretty cool guy,