What will you prefer love marriage or a arrange marriage ?

India
September 5, 2010 5:26am CST
Marriage is scacred bond between two souls, a relationship in which a male & a female promise to be companions for a life span after typing a nuptical knot. It brings significant stability & security in the relationship of human beings, which is otherwise incomplete. It is not only union of two human beings but also of two families. Marriages to some extent cannot be succesful without the blessings & consent of the family. It doesn't matter whether it is love or arrange marriage, the success in the relationship is all that matters. What will you prefer love marriage or a arrange marriage ??
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22 responses
5 Sep 10
It's not which marriage is better. Arrange or love. Partners makes marriage better. In love marriages after sometimes they loose their interests in each other while in arrange marriages after marriage came to know each other interests more better. I'm not saying that this happen in all arrange marriages or love marriages. There sould be understandability and adjusment between partners. If both of them go missing then the problems occurs.
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14 Sep 10
Yeah it just about compatibility or not. Though arrange marriages make partners hide many things to the other causing lots of infidelity problems.
@sinaj292 (602)
• India
6 Sep 10
i will prefer arranged love marriage... to know about girl or boy which we are going to marry before marriage is a good thing for our future life.... because marriage is the creation of or inclusion of one more to our life .... so it better to know about them before... after thins arrange the marriage ... i think it is better to love first and if it is working with both then... marry....... thats better .....
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Sep 10
Of course I prefer love marriage rather than an arranged one. Because the marriage has a big effect on my life. So it shall depend on my feelings. It is just like a pair of shoes. Only you can know whether you are comfortable to it. I love China
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@asxenon (1440)
• Malaysia
6 Sep 10
Of course marriage out of love is most preferred. Unless coincidentally, the person in your arranged marriage is the one you love, otherwise forget about it and find yourself the one you actually love to live the rest of your life. All the best to you!
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@yeyelee (370)
• China
6 Sep 10
I prefer a marriage on the grounds of love.The reason why a couple get together,i think,is that they could understand,respect and tolerate each other,so as to live happily.Altough there are all kinds of problems on the way to love,as long as you two have the patience and willpower to overcome every difficulty,you'll get it.Even someones choose to lose their lives. And i believe most of the people who have to accept an arranged marriage yield to the family pressure.They don't want to hurt their parents' hear,but they'll have to hurt his/ her lover's.
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• China
6 Sep 10
Marriage is free, I like free love.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
6 Sep 10
i am not sure i would want to marry anyone that i didn't love. i want to love my spouse. i want to want and need him. i know here in the states we don't have arranged marriages. this kind of thing happens in other countries. i want to know and already love the man i am going to marry.
• India
8 Sep 10
I think arranged marriages are more long lasting than love marriages because most of love marriages rely on attraction which will be gone in few months or years. I personally prefer arranged marriages.
• United States
5 Sep 10
I preferred a marriage for love because 8 years ago I married the woman I loved then and love more now. But I think it a sense it was an "arranged" marriage because I want to find somebody to marry who lived near where I lived so we could get to know each other. I even told God I wanted to find somebody who lived in my general area. But God, who I believes does arrange things in ways He knows is best, saw to it that I met somebody online who turned out to live 3,000 miles away. It took a few years but finally I knew I had to ask that somebody to marry me. And she said, yes. The key to success in any marriage if if both the husband and wife work at understanding one another, asking forgiveness of one another when they mess up, and take time to do things they enjoy doing together. They should never stop dating even if the dates are only having a snack together in a park or beach.
• Singapore
6 Sep 10
I believe in the sacredness and solemnity of marriage. And once you're married the husband and wife was no longer two but one in heart, mind and soul. That is why the foundation of it must be love above all. Love which is pure and must bring fruit of trust, faithfulness and loyalty towards each other. But I agree with you goodbuys4you, I sometimes felt that my marriage was pre- arranged by the One who knows everything waht is best for us. Because the man I felt in love with 7 years ago and choose and decided to keep the knot for life 6 years ago is also very far from my place and we came to know each other in a very unimaginable way. That I believed that the power of prayer does a lot of miracles to make it happen. I always asked my husband this question why does he loves me and why he choose to marry me. Guess what? Up to now, he only have one answer, "I love you and I marry you because you are you." Words that are so sweet in my ears, but I think that keeps the spice in the relationship, don't go beyond what is the basic. You marry the person not because of anything, but him.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
7 Sep 10
Of course I would marry the man I love and not the man my parents chose for me. I will not agree with arrange marriage. I want to exercise my freedom to choose the best man for me. While I know the parents are after the good of their children, when it comes to choosing their lifetime partner, the children should be given the freewill.
@marguicha (223783)
• Chile
5 Sep 10
I could not say if one is better than the other because I think it is a cultural thing. In my country we usually don´t have arranged marriages except in cultural minorities. But I have heard here that in India arranged marriages are more usual than other kinds of marriage. In my countery (and I think in many western countries) love is not the only reason why people get married even if they arrange their own wedding. Many times a couple want´s to "settle down" or feels it´s a good economical decision. Even the word love would have to be explained. Many people think they are in love only when there´s passion between them. But they don´t know each other, they don´t respect each other and thus they cannot tolerate the other. I had the consents of both families when I got married, but it was a playful consent because they couldn´t interfere. They were sure we would part in weeks or months because I was just 18 and came from a family where I was supposed to have a degree before marrying. My marriage lasted almost 40 years. Pity I did not bet on it! Was it love all the time? Yes, plus a lot of patience and respect on both sides. Take care!
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
5 Sep 10
Hi, For sure, I will opt for love marriage. Marriage is not for short term and it is a serious matter,concerned about my future happiness and I definitely won't agree to arranged marriage. However, I understand some people may still go for an arranged marriage and they are leading a good life,that is their luck. However, in a marriage,there must be a LOVE and Trust. Marriage is not only a word in mouth,but it is a way to bond two persons together and start their family. If there is a mutual love, their relationship may last forever.
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@mauie0918 (337)
• Philippines
23 Sep 10
Well, it doesn't matter to me as long as the man will stay for me the rest of my life and will fight for our love then I think that is a good answer for me. Yes, two families should be in good terms but there are some instances that the relationship is not quite accepted or good! That's why, as long as the man is with me and making our own decision and making our family happy then It's good!
@nana813 (11)
• China
7 Sep 10
Personally, i prefer a love marrage. come on, a marriage without love would definitely be failled. and the coulp's life would not be happy. love is every source for a happy and blessful marriage. for arrange marriage, though parrents or other family memebers consent, and if he or she is not your ideal partener then life would be hard. so live for ourselves. why should we live for others?
• Canada
6 Sep 10
Arranged marriage is not common here in North America, where I live. I much prefer to find my own partner (and I did!) than the idea of someone else finding him for me. I want to be in control of my own life, I do not want to leave it up to someone else. I found my own partner, and we are a wonderful match.
@patgalca (18391)
• Orangeville, Ontario
6 Sep 10
In my culture we do not arrange marriages. However, what I would have liked for my parents to have done was introduce me to people, sons of friends or whatever. I was very shy. In high school I never had a male friend really. When I did finally start becoming friendly with guys they were always wrong. I made some mistakes, got messed up with the wrong type of guys. I am struggling financially right now, have been ever since I left home. I grew up in an upper middle class environment so this is hard for me. I wish my parents had introduced me to some guys, no strings attached. But definitely marriage for love.
@ip5217 (1655)
• Philippines
6 Sep 10
Ever since I am not for arranged marriages. I don't believe that you can dictate to someone whom he/she can love for the rest of his/her life. I think parents are selfish to dictate such action to their children.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
6 Sep 10
I think for the marriage to be a sucess their needs to be love in it. So i would rather have a love marriage. I couldnt marry someone i just met. Especially because i am a hard person to get along with so it would need to be out of love or we would just suffer our whole lives.
• India
6 Sep 10
I will prefer arrange marriage because love marriage will not successful.
6 Sep 10
Well, my preference is for an arrange marriage, it is family ties and closeness of older people are binded and becomes a new generation a new beginning a foundation of new wealth, love and family closeness. All in all, those who got married on the said style becomes more aware of their role that they must fulfill for the best of all people involved.