Would you enter an arranged marriage?
The new TLC show Married at First Sight matches up couples approved by a group of experts for marriage. The couples have never met each other, yet the marriages are binding. Another show, Married by Mom and Dad, gives new wings to the concept of arranged marriages; allowing parents to match their children with mates of their choice.
Would you venture in this direction if given a chance? If you’ve been unsuccessful on your own search, would you seek help and marry someone you just met?
Tobi, 22:
If I was doing it to be on TV then yes, I would do it for the fun of doing it and getting paid in the process.
Angie, 34:
Someone I just met, meaning I know nothing about him? No.
Arron, 31:
If I was born into a culture that did that then it would be the norm for me. But I wasn’t, so there is no way that I’m going to do that.
Mitrice, 28:
I would be crazy and desperate to do so, and in today’s world you can never tell what type of man you are getting. If when you meet them and know them for years they treat you any type of way, can you imagine when you don’t know them at all how they would treat you?
Shelly, 35:
I’m not going to take up no puss in bag situation.
Desi, 38:
She could be pretty like gold with a smile that will melt a man’s heart, I’m not getting involved with her. I will have to let this opportunity pass me by.
Anna, 29:
I can’t just get up and just marry a man like that, there has to be more to it than that. What happens after I meet him, go down the aisle, and decide that I don’t like how he looks or smells? I’m not going to tie myself down to him.
Magee, 36:
When I was younger my grandmother taught me that it’s not every bandwagon that I must jump on. So before I fall on this one and it ends in a disaster, I will just step aside and let it pass me and wave bye to what could have been my husband.
Delli, 37:
I would marry her if I was going to get something out of it.
Dudley, 42:
If I can’t invest any time in getting to know her then I can’t just jump up and marry her. It makes no sense to me.
Ariella, 25:
I don’t care if the experts think me and this man are compatible. I don’t care if they have worked it out to a science. I won’t get married to someone I just met because people think we would make a good fit.
Harrison, 38:
I would give it a try based on the fact that I have no luck in finding the right woman on my own. But I’m not sure I would rush the marriage part of it as I view marriage as a one-time thing.
Alyssa, 29:
I would marry him if it meant I would get my papers to go and live in another country, so I can better myself.
