we had also very limited contact b4 marriage. i saw his pic n read one email n my guts told me he's the guy:) so we got engaged without him in the party. he also just saw me by pix. theengagement pix came out too good. we kept contacts via email. he would call me . i never did call him b4 nikkah. then just b4 nikkah i met him with both families together but i never really see him. whole fam kept saying daikh lo ab bhi time hai n all i saw was his legs. after the meeting my sis was like"baji u r more pretty" n my dad's friend said"itni pyari larki but larka aisa" (he had a bad tan then) lol . but on nikkah day i did see him boldly. aur tub se ab tak daikhtee aa rehi hoon :) my belief has grown so strong that couples r made in heaven. but i was a girl who got good gut feelings n i alway trusted them but very risky. others don't try it :)
I think I(or say we) too had this belief , that is why other fears did not stoped us.
Another interesting thing was that , that I was their Neighbour for about 5/6 Months(prior to my shifting to UAE) we had only one Fence differce among each others , but I was not sure wether there is any SUCH girle who will be My life Partner in the House Next to us.