"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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On Jan 4, 4:19 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 04/01/2012 3:14 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
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> > Like when the parents picked out the groom?
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> Or the bride. My in-laws had some friends from India. The men were
> business associates. Their son came to live in Canada and the in-laws
> always tried to include him in things. One day he got a phone call from
> his family. His mother was deathly ill with a kidney problem. He got on
> a plane and scooted back home to find his mother in good health, and the
> bride that they had picked out for him.

Father Maybe Knows Best.

I wonder what the divorce rate is for these arranged marriages?

My only experience was with my late Mom's neighbour and good friend ( she
was a god-send in my Mom's later years). Her daughter only met her future
husband two weeks before the wedding. They married and moved out west away
from her family. It lasted less than a year. So sad...she is a lovely
girl. However, I'm glad she had the gumption to get out of it when it went
wrong.....Sharon in Canada