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monmouth3

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34. Well, most Catholics are very good looking and really nice (kidding here) but since I screwed up my

Reply to treestar (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 09:26 AM

Apr 2014

own two marriages (neither Catholic) I'm guessing an arrangement may not have been any worse. A nice Jewish boy would have pleased my mother...

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How do you think you would have fared in an arrainged marriage? [View all] AngryAmish Apr 2014 OP

Simple answer: I wouldn't have gotten married. brooklynite Apr 2014 #1

I would have run like the wind. Texasgal Apr 2014 #2

Doesn't an arranged marriage take two people? I wouldn't think it's particularly good for either.eom tarheelsunc Apr 2014 #13

It takes more than two people Texasgal Apr 2014 #15

Well that's all I was trying to say, it could be bad for either the bride, the groom, or both. tarheelsunc Apr 2014 #20

My parents couldn't manage to arrange their own marriage properly, Codeine Apr 2014 #3

I have had long discussions on this topic ... kwassa Apr 2014 #4

not sure. I couldn't manage it myself treestar Apr 2014 #5

Well, most Catholics are very good looking and really nice (kidding here) but since I screwed up my monmouth3 Apr 2014 #34

Reminds me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding treestar Apr 2014 #35

Bwahahahaha! No. Scorpios don't roll that way. WinkyDink Apr 2014 #6

From one Scorpio to another tavernier Apr 2014 #12

;-) WinkyDink Apr 2014 #30

As long as I and my arranged wife worked at it, it would be fine. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2014 #7

I had to look up yenta AngryAmish Apr 2014 #16

Matchmaking is an old tradition in many cultures, as were arranged marriages of all types. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2014 #19

I'd have been stoned to death within the year n/t LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #8

LOL. it would have gone poorly La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #9

I don't think I would have done well, but SheilaT Apr 2014 #10

Being the easiest person in the world to get along with, it would have gone splendidly. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #11

+1 bravenak Apr 2014 #29

not well. i was 35 before getting married. JanMichael Apr 2014 #14

I don't know, but I have known a few that were very happy. Yo_Mama Apr 2014 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #18

Probably the same way I would have to an arranged anything-not well. hobbit709 Apr 2014 #21

In a way, my mother tried. Repeatedly. Chan790 Apr 2014 #22

I'm sure that one of us 2naSalit Apr 2014 #23

As long as he respected my feelings & had no control issues, pacalo Apr 2014 #24

Probably pretty well. CFLDem Apr 2014 #25

Well considering the two I picked out myself turned out to be shitheads. giftedgirl77 Apr 2014 #26

About the only traditional things I am comfortable with are breathing and sleeping Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #27

Then who would i argue with? LOL! bravenak Apr 2014 #28

If it propelled me into the 1% I would put up with just about any arrangement Exposethefrauds Apr 2014 #31

We had neighbors who had an arranged marriage. phylny Apr 2014 #32

Pre arranged marriages were once common in Japan... yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #33