Reply #120: I am not being fooled.

[Big Blue Marble]

These two people have built a beautiful life together. They love each other deeply and are each others best friend.
They are raising two wonderful children. I repeat I have never met a couple that is so content with their marriage
especially after twenty years. They spend much time together both alone and with others. They are an inspiration.

In the past I have heard that arranged marriages could be as successful as chosen marriages. I, too, was skeptical.
When you consider that most of us really know little about the person we are "choosing to marry", it probably is
not as much different in the long run.

I am not defending the custom. I am offering an observation that in seeing an arranged marriage up close,
I realize that not only can they work, but maybe as well or better than the alternative.