This topic was brought up during class and we were told to give our opinion regarding this notion.
Personally, I am not a fan of arranged marriage due to a few reasons. First and foremost, I believe it is necessary for one to be responsible to find his or her own significant other. This will result in appreciation of one towards another. I doubt that an arranged marriage will provide the colours of a relationship process. The process of one getting into a relationship is a beautiful journey, especially when one puts in much effort to court their significant other. This will lead to a higher level of appreciation that one can have for his or her couple. Besides that, I find arranged marriage a little too easy for my taste. Our parents have been taking care of our stuff ever since we were born. I believe that we should not burden them with the responsibility of choosing their daughters/sons in law. I also believe when one gets married without any effort of their own, he or she would not be able to appreciate one another.
Although I am against arranged marriage, one cannot discount the fact that our grandparents, whom majority of them went through arranged marriage, lived a happy marriage. It all boils down to understanding, caring, loving and respecting one another.
As a conclusion, I would like to note that marriage is not something to be taken lightly. No matter the type of marriage one chooses, as long as one understand the essence of marriage, they could and should live happily ever after.
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I'm against it myself. Marriage could mean a whole lot more if it is a union between 2 individuals that mean to have a future together.
ReplyDeleteEither way it is still a very vexing matter to debate, since it can be argued that a marriage would mean a whole lot more meaning when it brings$ 2 families together when arranged between 2.... parties...
And so all boils down to choice. And of course, understanding, caring, loving and respecting one another as you have said.
How ironic it is that no matter how arranged marriage gets debated , it's the viewpoint that determines whether the marriage style is "normal" or not.