Arranged Marriage: Part 2

Here is the long anticipated Part 2 for arranged marriages. I'm going to share a story with you about a girl I know. Some of you may know her and some of you may not. However, her story is quite funny and gives you hope in arranged marriages. It all began in January 2004, my friend was going to India not to get married or anything but just to go visit her family there. Her bags were packed and she was very excited to go by herself. Before she was going to go to india she had a week stay in Toronto. So she reached Toronto safely and started spending time with cousins. A few days passed by and she realized that she wouldn't be able to go to India by herself. And so she called her parents back in Winnipeg and told them to cancel the ticket to India and book her ticket back to Winnipeg. Her parents obviously didn't want to force her to go and so they booked her ticket back to Winnipeg. A year later she decided to try and give her trip to India another shot. This time though she decided to change a few things around. For one she wouldn't stay a week in Toronto and second she would take her mother with her aswell.
So she made it to India finally, she left in the last week of January. As we all know any normal india trip involves visiting people that you have never heard about in your whole life. This is how my friend met her soon to be husband. She had gone to her future in-laws house for tea and that is where she met him. Her mother instructed that they were interested in getting her married to this guy. And as a good punjabi daughter she concented to the marriage. They had known each other for less than 5 days and were engaged and the wedding followed on Febuary. 19. She had talked to her future husband maybe 5 times maximum before their wedding.
After they were married she stayed in India until the end of June at which time her visa was going to expire. She then came back to Canada after spending 6 months in India but would only stay for less than 2 weeks and then return to her husband in July and would not come back to Canada until November. From a girl that flew back from Toronto because she didn't have the courage to go by herself. To spending nearly 10 months in India is truly remarkable.
And despite knowing the man she was marrying a few times she left her friends and family to go back to him. In my friends case her arranged marriage turned out to be the best thing she could ever imagine. So I guess first impressions do work in the case of arranged marriages. And someone will come into your life when you least expect it. Arranged marriages can be a positive thing however, there must be careful consideration by both parties. I personally am not sure if arranged marriages would work for me. From people I talk to about the issue half are saying its a good idea and the other half are saying its a bad idea. However, by looking at my friend and her husband it makes me feel that there is someone out there for everyone. Next times blog will deal with my co-workers thoughts about Punjabi arranged marriages. Bye Guys!!!