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35. Reminds me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 09:30 AM

Apr 2014

OMG, he's not Greek!!!!!!

But they grew to love him anyway.

My Dad actually had two picks for me, and I'm not sure they were Catholic. One was handsome and well rounded - he liked well rounded. He wanted looks, brains, and some participation in athletics. They were both on athletic teams. One was good lucking and average intelligence, the other not so good looking but very intelligent. They had both joined a book club I was in, and that showed well roundedness too. But they were both out of my league, I was too mousy to attract them. Cool of Dad to suppose there were no boys in existence who could resist me or fail to notice me!

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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