Marriages should be arranged by parents or not
This is a question which may be viewed from different angles, the parents’ point of view, the couples point of view and then there is also the commonsense point of view.
A parent wants his son or daughter married because he wants his species propagated. He wants his son or daughter married to a healthy person who would prove a good life mate for his children. The parent cares also for the stock. In other words he wants to assure himself that the person with whom his son or daughter settles down with does not suffer from any disease. They must have a good name in society. Very often, the financial position of the parties concerned gets top priority. All alliance is made when there is a financial gain thrown in. Sometimes, the youngsters may not like such an alliance and so the marriage ends in unhappiness and disaster.
Young couples these days want to be free to choose their lifelong partners themselves. It may be the personal qualities of the girl he likes that he is attracted to, so much so that in the first freshes of love, he is likely to overlook many other factors and because he is not experienced and worldly-wise, his choice may not always be correct. Such wrong alliances contributes to more misunderstanding and divorces in western countries. Under the wrong notion of love there have been more illicit connection and children born, out of wedlock. So wise youngsters would better think twice before they get married. They would not lose anything by consulting their parents and getting their advice, blessing and approval before getting married.
