Arranged Marriage: Trapped Between Two Cultures : NPR
Arranged Marriage: Trapped Between Two Cultures : NPR
This is a whole series as well and I am not sure I will post all of the parts.
I am very interested in this subject. The subject of marriage in general. Why we get married, how do we stay married and the difference between falling madly in love and letting 'cooler heads prevail' in the form of parents 'helping' you by 'match-making.' Makes me ponder a lot. Like would my parents have picked out any of my suitors that I ended up with. I kind of doubt it to some extent. Especially my last husband (whom my father was well aware of and totally disapproved of)...
My love, my prince charming is a different story altogether. My father would have liked him and my mother would have loved him - the reason I know this is because my Aunt Jada thoroughly approves of him. He is family minded, he is a good father and a good provider. And while we all know that there is more to being in a good marriage than those traits I just listed, they are the bedrock of a great partnership. That and compatibility and we have that in spades - as well as a passionate nature, together, about life and about each other.
Even when we hit rough water I believe underneath it all we both realise how much we truly love each other - is that enough to navigate all the tumult of the years ahead - I don't know for certain - what I do know is that I have never wanted to try as hard with anyone else.
This is a whole series as well and I am not sure I will post all of the parts.
I am very interested in this subject. The subject of marriage in general. Why we get married, how do we stay married and the difference between falling madly in love and letting 'cooler heads prevail' in the form of parents 'helping' you by 'match-making.' Makes me ponder a lot. Like would my parents have picked out any of my suitors that I ended up with. I kind of doubt it to some extent. Especially my last husband (whom my father was well aware of and totally disapproved of)...
My love, my prince charming is a different story altogether. My father would have liked him and my mother would have loved him - the reason I know this is because my Aunt Jada thoroughly approves of him. He is family minded, he is a good father and a good provider. And while we all know that there is more to being in a good marriage than those traits I just listed, they are the bedrock of a great partnership. That and compatibility and we have that in spades - as well as a passionate nature, together, about life and about each other.
Even when we hit rough water I believe underneath it all we both realise how much we truly love each other - is that enough to navigate all the tumult of the years ahead - I don't know for certain - what I do know is that I have never wanted to try as hard with anyone else.
posted by Colette at 8:32 AM
1 Comments:
it is absolutely enough for me. hopefully it is for you as well - of course I believe it is, otherwise I would not have asked you to marry me.
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