Love Marriage VS Arrange Marriage ?

India
February 22, 2012 6:31am CST
i am going to get married in december 2012.i am in a love and arranged marriage. It was a tough time convincing both the parents as it was a inter caste marriage.. i would love to know your experience with the same and which type of marriages would you prefer. This will surely help me in future :)
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14 responses
• Philippines
16 Mar 12
actually as far as i know love marriage is concerning the feelings of the two person or couples and by this love they can settle a marriage for their happiness. while the arrange marriage is discriminating the feeling. and in some cases these marrige is done with those who inlove with money. they arrange marriage for their son or daughter on those who are rich to share with the properties. they do not concern on what they child were going to feel because for them the most important thing for them is their wealth and status in life.
• India
26 Mar 12
yes its true in arrange marriages, the marriage is like between the wealth,religion,properties and not between a male and a female.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
23 Feb 12
Congrats on your forthcoming marriage.Pardon me for asking, you mean you are already in love with the girl. As you have said it's pre-arranged marriage, so it was arranged before and in a short time, you already fall in love with the girl. Being in love with your wife to be even it's prearranged is a sign that it will be a successful marriage, because you like her and all about her. I guess it's just like love marriage wherein you have to know first your partner to be and fall in love before tying the knot with her. Whereas in arranged marriage, the parents do the talking with the thought of the couple's future.
@alienstar (5142)
• India
23 Feb 12
There are facts on both sides here. Some believe in love marriage and others do believe in arranged marriage.But the fact is that there may be many arranged marriages which have failed and there are also many love marriages which have also failed.So, all in all i would like to go for love marriage with parents permission which will work out for good for sure as i feel the percentage here might be very good compared to the other two options mentioned above
@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
23 Feb 12
I don't know which you are going to take, love or arranged marriage. If you two are in love then you will take a love marriage, while arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by parents. In this case you two are not in love with each other.
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
23 Feb 12
Hello Livinggod, I don't know how is love marriages as i did arrange marriage. My parents with my wish chose a girl with whom i am married from last 7 years successfully. Its your own wish if you want to have love/arranged marriage as its not granted that love marriages don't have divorces or arranged marriages are not successful.
@ceazr23 (50)
23 Feb 12
CONGRATZ!.... well, for me, i would prefer love marriage... in love marriage you both accept each other the way you are... unlike arranged marriage, it will be uneasy to accept the things the other way of life... it would be better to have love marriage because you will not regret your marriage because you choose to be with the person you yourself choose...
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
23 Feb 12
Congrats on your upcoming wedding. I live in the United States and often here it is a "love" marriage instead of an arrangement. I know that I would prefer a love match instead of an arrangement. I could not imagine spending my life with someone that I did not love. I am glad that you have found your love. Congratulations!
@agrim94 (3805)
• India
23 Feb 12
Hi livinggod, First of all congratulations on you impending marriage. I know in our part of world where old traditions are still very much in place but western culture is also making its presence felt. Marriage is marriage same caste or inter cast. You have to work hard to keep your marriage and since you are going in other cast so you would have to work hard to please everyone and be accepted. I would prefer to marry a person rather than caste or colour, so long you both are compatible, it shouldn't matter if it is love or arranged marriage.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
22 Feb 12
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! It's nice that it's both a 'love' and arranged marriage, I'm sure most people don't get so lucky. It must be a cultural thing. Here in the U.S. we don't generally do that kind of thing. The extent that it happens to me is that my mom or dad will often try to SET ME UP with someone they know, but just for a date. And for the most part I've been turning them down. Anyway, I guess I would say I prefer a love marriage, because not being able to choose who I spend the rest of my life with would not be cool with me. Plus, what if the arranged spouse really gets on your nerves? Or has a really bad personality or even a bad hygeine problem? . Just sayin'. Happy MyLotting!
@shibham (16977)
• India
23 Feb 12
Hi... I am 33 now and have not involved in any relationship and my parents are seeking bride for me. So obviously it will be an arrange marriage and i ma ready for it. Have a nice time.
@deedee328 (1122)
• United States
23 Feb 12
First, Congradulations! I wish you both God's love and happiness. Though I am sure that you can grow to love someone over time,and I know that love is a daily growing experience, I think that I would much prefer finding my own mate and arranging for my own marriage.
@MissPiggy (1748)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 12
First, congratulations on your upcoming wedding! :) Ok, for me, I'd prefer a love marriage. If we can choose our own couples, we won't start blaming anyone whenever there's a problem in our marriages. I know that for some people, love can grow after the marriage life. But not all people are lucky. And I don't want to be this "not all people". Lol. For you, it's good when you're already in love when you're marriage is arranged. You're lucky. My friend felt in love to this girl he's married after they're introduced. He felt nervous the day before the introduction but then he told me that he felt in love. I mean, he's lucky yaar, I am also happy for him. But I don't think I'd be as lucky as he is. :( So I'm gonna go with the love marriage. :)
• Philippines
23 Feb 12
You are so lucky. Congratulations. About the question, arranged marriage is commonly practiced in our country. Sometimes its because of wealth. Others are because of friendships among both parties. It will be the worst day of my life if I marry someone that I don't love. Sometimes, you can't force to love a person if you have someone else in your heart. One should be given free will to decide if who she/he wants to marry. Parents should know their limitations in their children lives. Don't get me wrong I know that there are children also who are willing to marry the person who are complete stranger to them. All because of arranged marriage. We have different cultures, so we have different views.
• India
22 Feb 12
hm, this discussion happens with my hubby quite often and we wud agree ours was an intellectual marriage.... we met through an online marriage site....introduced each other to our parents...went around knowing each other for 9 months and got married. we arranged our love marriage..and our parents joined in...we love being with each other....