When you love someone, you erase what you don't like about them. And think about it, it's better to marry someone who's qualities you love. You can never really know everything about anyone unless you start living with them as their spouse.
Now regarding divorces, you'll be surprised how many divorces and extra marital affairs we are having in our muslim community these days, most of which were "arranged" marriages. Sometimes I think that people who have "love" marriages actually work harder at their marriages because they go through tough times initially and are judged harder.
But again, I don't want to generalize here.
I agree.
Besides, I am so tired of this lame argument that love marriages are doomed to be unsuccessful mostly...and arranged marriages are so perfect and always a 'hit'.
Come to think of it, who collects all these statistics?What is the criteria of a successful marriage?How do you know that many people in arranged marriages aren't having a lousy married life?(I am not saying that they should have it). The success or failure of a marriage need not be related to how the couple initially got together.
Also, just because someone is not divorced, doesn't mean that they have a very happy marriage. If we look around, I see more people unhappily tied to each other due to social pressure, or pressure from family. They cannot opt out of it, because of what will people say, or what will their family feel. Some were married in the first place because their parents forced them, emotionally blackmailed them. How can such people be expected to think of a divorce even if they are unhappy, because they had no say in the process of marriage itself?
So, even if we assume that there are fewer divorces in arranged marriages, that may not necessarily be for lack of discord amongst them.