January 30, 2012

whenever someone says that arranged marriages never work

zainyk:

frombaghdadwithlove:

juthikaforpresident:

I tell them what my mother’s favorite day was. It was her wedding day, and she considers my father her best friend and lover and she never regrets her parents finding her a husband.

My best friend’s parents had an arranged marriage, and they are the happiest couple I know.

Never work? My parents have been married for 31 years.

I guess it depends on what you consider “arranged”. My parents met a couple of times with chaperones and then got married.

I don’t see how someone can say they never work.

The description I got from my old boss about his arranged marriage made it sound really nice actually. Basically, his parents and grandparents got together and played matchmaker and his wive’s parents and grandparents were doing the same. 

If I lived at home or was really close to my parents, I’d absolutely go for that.

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    It’s one thing to “see people as people” and a completely DIFFERENT THING to think “MY WAY IS THE ONLY RIGHT WAY TO DO...
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    oh god she went there she really did with a handy side of
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    This feel oddly like some form of archaic imperialism over the internet. The whole argument gives me this weird “oh your...
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    I was going to reply to your other reblog but then I saw this and I want this here so everyone who follows me can see...
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    The mother here also has no desire to live in a civilization based on respect and freedom.
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    The matter here isn’t about love, it’s about personal freedom and LIBERTY. Arranged marriages are incompatible with...
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    There are good stories and there are bad stories, and both can be used to shed light on the issue from either side....
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    I’m really confused where you stand on the matter now.
  19. elduderina reblogged this from section9 and added:
    Which is what the OP did from the other side. We kinda just made the same point.
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    No, they just mean that you can’t paint an entire institution in one color and expect it to be an accurate...
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    arranged… Positive anecdotes make institutionalized subversion...women totally okay!
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    The description I got from my old boss about his arranged marriage made it sound really nice actually. Basically, his...