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When asked why Americans who have free choice choose to get divorced more often than those in India who have arranged marriages, I ponder why ask a question if you'd only give the answer within that question. Free choice has poisoned America's romanticized views of marriage. Many people in the U.S. don't value the power of marriage, or the responsibility that comes with it. With an arranged marriage the status quo is to stay with your spouse until death. Is it not better to love someone (or at least support them) forever than to leave them at the first sign of trouble?

Arranged marriages are expected in some cultures. For me to say that there should or should not be a large part of another person's beliefs. That being said, I believe that anyone has the right to choose who they'll end up with. I also believe that parents should be involved in the approval of the marriage. I personally have had a very free love life, full of happiness and I made the choices I wanted to make at the time. Despite differences in my current relationship, my girlfriend and I connect and balance each other well. She's a catholic girl, but she accepts my lack of religion. She's a wonderful, brilliant, beautiful little hispanic Texan who keeps me on my toes at all times. We lived six hours from each other until the lucky day her and I came to live together here.