Sunday, March 23, 2008
Topic : Do you think marriages should be arranged by parents or left to the choice of the young people concerned ?
Topic given by : Katherine
Blog update by : AISHA
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This is a question which may be viewed from different angles.
It may be point of view of the parents or the youngsters who marry or again from 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 and make married life tolerable .The parent cares also for the stock. In other words he wants to assure himself that the person with whom his son or daughter is married does not suffer from any disease. They must have a fair name in society. Very often, the financial position of the parties gets into the consideration. Because of the specific advantage to be gained financially, an alliance is made. Sometimes ,the youngsters may not like such an alliance and so the marriages end in unhappiness.
From the point of view of the youngster, he wants to marry as he likes. In his consideration, it may be the personal qualities of the girl whom he wants to marry. In the first freshes of love, he is likely to overlook many other factors. Because the youngster is not experienced and worldly-wise, his choice need not always be correct. Because of such wrong alliances, there are more misunderstandings and divorces in western countries. Under the wrong notion of love marriages, there have been more illicit connections and children born before marriage. So wisdom tells that youngsters would better think twice before they get married. They would not lose anything by consulting their parents and taking their advice and blessing.
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