Re: Expecting romantic love from an arranged marriage?
I’ve seen mixed reactions out of the people I’ve known personally who’ve had mixed marriage. There is nothing wrong with someone “expecting” the stereotypical romance in an totally arranged marriage. BUT its naive to think that it will happen for sure. When two people enter an arranged marriage…a situation where they have never dated and don’t know each other’s personality very well…they really don’t know for sure whether or not they’re compatible as a couple. In many arranged situation…the girl may not be the “type” of girl that guy is generally attracted to physically (or vice versa)…but the marriage happen b/c at the end, the families wanted it and the guy didn’t think the girl was ugly (or vice versa).
Its normal for everyone to expect that married life (especially in the beginning) will be full of passion/romance. But in an arranged situation, the parties should not be surprised if that doesn’t happen due to incompatibilities that are discovered after marriage.