Advantages Of Non Arranged Marriage

It is 7 A.M. and I see my brother sitting in the barber’s chair trembling from absolute nervousness. His hands started to spaz and he began to feel the butterflies moving around in his stomach. Suddenly he began to reminisce with us on the countless nights spent staying up making invitations, and organizing what could be the most memorable day in his life. The excitement is almost unbearable, if only time can speed up to see the love of his life walking down that aisle with her hair let loose and curls brushing her shoulders. To speed up time to hear the constant gasps of relatives and friends as they stare with great awe at their beautiful romance. Everything that morning was absolutely new to me; I had never seen him in such a mood. Perhaps

Only about 50% of non-arranged marriages are actually succeeding in the USA, which is a number not to be proud of. In an article Aviva Patz reports on a study of marriage, by Ted Huston a professor of the University of Texas at Austin. Huston noted that those couples in which remained married after a certain allotted time were more likely to become engaged in a “working partnership” than a “romantic relationship” (Patz 1177). Instead of learning to love for the sakes of getting to know your partner on an intimate level, it has become more of a survival strategy for two people to pay a less expensive rent. Also, Huston believed that our culture is to blame for our own mistakes, and expresses his thoughts as to how we doom our relationships more by believing in a storybook romance (Patz 1178). In terms of happiness, as of today more arrangement couples in Asia seem to be happier than they were before because they now have the ability to say ‘no’ and choose another spouse. Although, choosing another spouse is not a guarantee that the outcome will be positive. Also, non-arranged marriages in USA are slowly becoming more everlasting than before. With couples now marrying at their late 20’s, it is showing signs of maturation and couples are showing more signs of