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Culture, such an important factor for analyzing and judging a thought, idea, and/or value. We just can't oversee the fact that someone is from a specific region of the globe, without trying to be racist, but with an intent to go beyond what we can see, understanding that what they do or believe is okay to do, is because of the way they have been taught, which most of the times has to with the place they come from.
India has a way lower level of  divorce than many other countries, absolutely lower than the US' and I think this is caused, and I am only talking from what I have seen in the time I have to interact with Americans (16 years),  to a lack of commitment in the American culture. I believe that marriage is a commitment between a couple of individuals, and they should have
the right to have the ultimate decision, nevertheless that is what I have been taught
and I would like to have as my privilege before my parents. I acknowledge that there
may be other people that consider my posture quite radical, because somehow it tends to
undervalue the parents' opinion. But I would also like to say that for me family is
of utmost importance, they are a very relevant part of my life and therefore their advice
will be taken into serious consideration when my decision for marriage comes before me.
I know that there are several differences between cultures, and even more between family
types, where what a family teaches may be usual and logical to its members, but for another family that way of thinking could just be seen as wrong and out of place, probably if they have an specific religion they could even believe that the other family is sinning because of their way of teaching; point being, there are different cultures and to come up with a definitive answer is almost impossible, since the repercussions are many, and it is too broad to generalize.
Nonetheless, I believe that marriage should definitely be approved by parents, again this is because of the way I have been taught and also because of my christian beliefs.  The main reason why I believe that parents should approve a marriage for it to happen, is because I believe that the parents' blessing is necessary for a good marriage, because despite the fact that a marriage is between a couple, a marriage brings two families together, may this be only by joining the school received at home by each one of the spouses, and by bringing the actual families to contrast and interact.  In my own personal opinion, I pray that God will give my parents the wisdom to know if the woman that I want to marry is the woman that I should, because I acknowledge that I am naive sometimes, and that I sometimes let my heart drive my decisions without filtering everything through the teachings I've received by my parents and in church.
Overall, I think that this topic is very important because I think that sometimes our youth and rebellious self may want to be going against the authority that our parents represent, and start making decisions way ahead of time without even really knowing what we want, or without acknowledging what we really need.