Love or Arranged Marriages?

Kolkata, India
January 8, 2016 10:53am CST
I've always wanted to talk about this? It's a good topic to debate on? People fall in love and they get married, that's the customs when two people fall in love and they connect and bond through marriage and become one. They share the years friendship and the good times and bad times, the laughter the jokes all this brings them closer and strengthens their relationship, but whereas an arranged marriage has nothing like this? I doubt you all know but the families decide who their son or daughters get married to? I mean I just dont understand this. They miss out on the years of time that they can spend together to build up their love rather than get married first and then get to know the person and then start loving each other? What do you think?
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6 responses
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
8 Jan 16
It's a cultural thing. It's difficult to understand other cultural practices especially when it comes to choosing a partner. Arguing doesn't make sense as each side thinks they're right.
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• Delhi, India
9 Jan 16
nice thought!
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
@righttotheheart Thank you. Appreciate it.
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
Well yeah, there are advantages and disadvantages. So yeah your also right :)
• Delhi, India
8 Jan 16
i will go with love marriage.
• Kolkata, India
8 Jan 16
Love all the way. :)
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• Delhi, India
9 Jan 16
@Leanderjustin24 in my country arranged marriages are more acceptable but i had a love marriage so i will go with it..!
@hiru84 (942)
• Malaysia
9 Jan 16
Love marriage is the best for me, but any couple live with understanding them they are successful marriages. So if people can understanding them, I think that both of love and arrange marriages might be beautiful.
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
Just the time duration differs, love marriages is perfect before and then after also, but arranged ones you have to spend more time getting to know whats what after the marriage etc etc
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@Serena_1 (186)
• Shenzhen, China
12 Jan 16
Arranged marrige is very common in our parents' generation. They seldom had chances to spend time together if they didn't get married because of conservation at that time. But now most of us get love marrige, I think.
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
Love marriages happen mostly now yes.
@BluestEye (226)
• India
9 Jan 16
Only love marriage mate if i end up losing it still its fine rather than living with a complete stranger .
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
Trust me at times, people still fall into this rather than having a love marriage.
@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
11 Jan 16
Here in my country love marriages are frowned upon. Only recently they have started gaining acceptance still with great reluctance I might add. But yes in love marriages the understanding and love is there before the actual marriage. The only way arrange marriages differ is that love and understanding comes after the marriage if nurtured properly. We should keep in mind that neither of those marriages guarantees their longevity nor their success. So it doesn't matter what kind of marriage you are into or prefer.
• Kolkata, India
15 Jan 16
Yes very true the understanding before the marriage, what makes it last. The bond, the connection. :)