Arranged Love Marriage

So traditionally, in many societies marriages are ‘arranged’ for the offsprings. Examples with reasoning for Kings, noblemen, commoners.

& then there is the modern millennial era where marriage is for formalising your ‘love’. You meet your dream partner, whether in your 20s, 30s, 40s or even 50s and since your chemistry is a 200% and dopamine is rushing through your body from head to toe so you marry them.

Yet there is room for the new age marriages, those that are done for either reason and still holding fort (though not love nither significance) for being a social contract which has mutual benefits. One spouse (or maybe both) have realized that their better half isn’t the person of their dreams, and may never be yet they carry on. Coping could mean insulating by means of apathy, indifference or even plain ignoring the thorns. For the outside world (social media or otherwise) they are perfect, all conventional life goals accomplished or on track to accomplish. Yet on the inside there is no connect, no love, no tenderness left. I term this the arranged love marriage. Cos love is lost but you are arranging to carry on 😉