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2008-10-19 India-Pakistan

Arranged love: India's newest export to West

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 You mean, like all those computerized dating sites that make you fill out those immensely long forms about likes and dislikes, then offer a dozen possible matches from their data base? Or my mother's best friend, who used to host dinner parties presenting the latest eligible bachelor, until the last one, where Mama met Daddy? But it's nice that the practice has been rediscovered -- it's so much safer than picking up strangers in bars.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-19 08:19|| 2008-10-19 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 It is a view that finds some favour with Marian Salzman, New York trend spotter and partner at PR firm Porter Novelli.

wow, if a certified New York Trend Spotter and PR spokeshole says it's hot sh*t, who am I, a worthless rube, to say different.

ask Marian about them honour killings?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-19 09:22|| 2008-10-19 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Seth claimed that divorce rates only ever rose to a maximum of 7% for arranged marriages.

Insurance collections are another matter.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-19 10:45|| 2008-10-19 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 "Growing into love" after the Marriage ceremony, as opposed to "being in love" beforehand.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-10-19 19:41|| 2008-10-19 19:41|| Front Page Top

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