Anthropology

In our North American culture, marriage is assumed to be based on two people making the decision to live together forever because they are in love. If a marriage in American fails, the two individuals simply move on with their lives and the divorce is accepted by their family as well as society. Not all cultures, such as those of India, regard marriage in such a casual way however and in those cultures marriages are …

…and the steps leading to it are compared, it is easy to understand why the arranged marriages in India tend to last longer. As with most things in life, when marriage is approached with an attitude of extreme importance and more effort is applied to it, the outcome is bound to be good. When hasty or self-involved decisions are made however, the result is likely to be less positive and often times end in divorce.