Are Arranged Marriages a good idea?

Arranged marriage is a type of marriage which is arranged by parents or some elderly members of the family. It is more in the nature of a marriage between the families and not individuals. The entire process of marriage is decided by the parents and the elders of the family. Usually in Hindu custom, the proposal for marriage comes from the girls’ side where as in the case of Christian and Muslim society it comes from the boys’ side.

Are arranged marriages a good idea over love marriages? Let’s find out!

1. Balance Between Two Families

When you get married to someone, you just don’t permit that one person to enter your life; in fact, you let their family come in too. Similarly, your beautiful family enters theirs. Also, the best part of arranged marriages over love marriages is that both the families are way too supportive towards the bride and the groom. It is because they both get married by their choice and do not feel the need to be depressed for deserting their families. And, the case is opposite in love marriages. In a love marriage, you have to bear the brunt of the problems alone, and there is hardly any support from the family when a crisis strikes.

2. Like-Minded Goals

Several studies claim that two people who come together by their parent’s choice tend to feel more in love as time passes whereas in love marriages it is the opposite. Many relationship experts iterate that this happens because the marriages which take place by parent’s choice are considered with great vigilance, and a lot of thought is put into the potential partner’s family, and they try to match the boy and girl’s interests, life goals before taking a decision. On the other hand, in love marriage, the parents rely on the boy and the girl’s judgment assuming that they must have figured out everything about each other and in case something goes wrong, then it’s not the parents who are to be blamed.

3. Equality Plays The Vital Role

We live in a century where men still hesitate to give all the freedom to women. They still somewhere or the other want them to feel inferior and not match up to their level of awesomeness. But when it comes to arranged marriages, parents leave no stone unturned to find the perfect potential match for their son or daughter. By saying this, I mean that in present times, families find a match who is at par with their child and can help him or her to grow by having similar qualifications such as in education, finances, and world view. Since families are the ones who play the match up the game; they tend to select partners who hold an equal stature. Hence, this gives a bumper start to a relationship on equal footing and then things are built up from there.

Read to know about the winning situation of successful arrange marriage or love marriage