Re: Expecting romantic love from an arranged marriage?
That would depend upon how much they interacted with one another by the time the sign the nikhanama. If they didn’t interact much…then those feelings could be attributed more to fantasy/crush than love…because you geto to know the person better when you start living with them.
This thread reminds me of one of my cousins who had an arranged marriage and maybe they might have interacted with one another prior to the wedding…but I highly doubt it…considering the conservative nature of my mamoo’s family. Anyhow…so I guess his wife conceived right away. And I wonder…when you barely know each other…and then you have a baby on the way…how do some people manage that? It kinda creeps me out though shudders…the thougt of being physically intimate with someone you don’t know too well. But meh…they have a happy marriage, MA, and are still together. And no, Jolie, this paragraph is not directed to you…it’s just an example that came to mind when I was reading this thread.