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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Jul 24

Day 166 – Bride Numbers 36:1 Now the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders,...

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Love marriage or arranged marriage

Presenthere @Presenthere (157) 25 Dec 21

I am still single and could marry at a later stage of my life. I don't like love marriages because one needs to be quite bold . Arranged marriages are common in traditional and conservative households....

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Arranged marriage or love marriage

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17083) • India 21 Apr 18

Whats more common in your country. Love marriage or an arranged one. What do you prefer. I have had a love marriage. My son is now almost 29 and relatives and friends keep advising me to find a proposal for him. I would like...

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Arranged Marriage!

HOLY COW @amal06 (250) 23 Oct 17

Yes! I am going for that. Finally I have informed my folks that I don't have any interest in finding a girl for myself and they now have the full authority to choose a girl for me. Of course I do get a say after they pick a girl...

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Matrimonial services to the rescue!

shaloo walia @swalia (1385) • India 17 Aug 16

My aunt is looking for a suitable match for her son but good matches are hard to find these days. Arranged marriages are still prevalent in India. My aunt discussed it with me and I suggested her to avail matrimonial services. I...

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I want to understand Arranged Marriages better

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 10 Feb 16

I understand the historical reasons for an arranged marriage. I can't say that I understand the modern need for it. Perhaps it is because I do not understand the culture of the countries that still practice it today. Is it due to...

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Arranged marriage vs Love marriage

Jenny Dsouza @JennyDza (40) • India 22 Jan 16

Certain families are against love marriage. Elders of the family think love marriage is bad idea. Last month one of my friend got engaged against her parents wish, she had to under go lot of mental stress to make her parents...

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cultural differences in marriage

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 16 Nov 12

I want to talk a little abouttwo extremes in love in a marriage. In the Western world, the story book romance is attaction between two than love and marriage. In other cultures, marriage is arranged by family, the couple may meet...

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Marry Me Mary

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 27 May 12

The latest Korean drama i have watched.. It was cute- i only watched it because Jang Geun Suk was there, but Moon geum also played her part well, they look really good together.. The story is that Mary is forced into an arranged...

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Does love really bring happiness? Or one should go for an arranged marriage?

anub33 @anub33 (7) • India 31 Jan 12

I have been a very strong person through out my life. I have usually been against the trend which asks women to compromise on all stages of life. When I fell in love, I felt on the top of the world. This feeling lasted for a...

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Love marriage

ravisivan @ravisivan (14082) • India 11 Sep 11

In India even today love marriages are not that common as it is in western countries. Boys and girls depend on their parents to identify the life partner. this is helping matrimonial agencies to have roaring business. Newspapers...

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Do yo think that dowry system will end if arranged marriage is banned?

ravi_s2025 @ravi_s2025 (510) • India 7 Mar 11

Even though arraged marriage has its own advantages,it has a lot of disadvantages also,the main among which is dowry system.Rich people are happy to give huge amount of dowry for their daughter.Even middle class people want to...

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dowry

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do you want to know why men most of the time leads to cheating?

calebknox @calebknox (149) • Philippines 3 Nov 10

what's happening inside them literally? what are they thinking? is it because Man they say cannot be contented?. i wanna hear your insights about this. thank you! i'm gonna have to establish the facts as we go along.

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Would you have an arranged marriage with someone chosen by parents?

devijay78 @devijay78 (1573) • India 17 Oct 10

Mine is an arranged marriage, as it happens in India. It was a typical arranged match, the guy comes to see the girl along with his family and if it is ok for him and the girl, then the families go ahead with the engagement and...

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Would you support your child for a love marriage.

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 6 Oct 10

In India most of the parents would like their child to get an arranged marriage, even though mostly in cities the scenario is changing allowing their children to get marriage to their love mates. Moreover divorces are also...

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love vs Arrange Marraige

himanshubajaj @himanshubajaj (95) • Finland 28 Sep 10

Love marriages are now a days becoming high in number but most of them are being collapsed because of lack of them meaning of love, on the other hand arranged marriages are being vanished but up to me these are the best because...

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Arranged marriage or free marriage, which has more success?

Reyachan @Reyachan (589) • Romania 14 Aug 10

I often wondered about this particular subject. Do your parents really know what's best for you because they are older and seen more in life? What if you're not sexually or intelectualy attracted to that person? Is an arranged...

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What is your opinion on arranged marriages?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 21 May 10

With today's news that a British couple and their daughter, from Lancashire, England, were gunned down in a graveyard in Pakistan after their son's arranged marriage with a local woman went wrong and sparked a "family...

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13-year-old Newly Wed Girl Dies of Bleeding

louierrific24 @louierrific24 (1114) • Philippines 9 Apr 10

I've just read an article about a newly wed 13-year-old girl in Yemen who died 4 days after her marriage. It was awful, I really don't know what to say or how to react on such news. The girl was a victim of a "fixed-marriage."...

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Are you in favor of Arranged Marriage?

kyel_11 @kyel_11 (1069) • Philippines 7 Feb 10

Hi mylotters. What is your stand in the issue regarding arranged marriage? Are you willing to sacrifice your true love or will you fight for it? For me, i am not in favor of arranged marriage because i believe that we have the...

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