Arranged marriage ? So, what ?
Starting off, I would like to address that instead of interviewing two couples
for this project, I interviewed three couples just so that I can compare them. I
had so much fun doing it. I interviewed my parents, my grandparents and one of
my siblings. So I am going to classify my parent and my grandparent as an older
couple and the younger, my generation couple would be my brother and his
wife. From my observation, when the older couple was answering their question,
they seem more calm, playful, cheeky whereas when the younger couple who
participated in this interview, they were more serious, and straight to the point.
It’s funny because I was expecting it to be the other way round. I also …show more content…
From their stories, I found out
that both my mother and my grandmother were against getting married at that
time. They both had their own reasons. But what made me envy them is despite
their unwillingness at the beginning, they still managed to come so far in life with
their partner. My parents have been together for 31 years and my grandparents
have been together for 52 years.
I don’t know if it’s the arranged marriage thing, or both of the couples are from
the same cultural background or both of them were brought up the same way, to
me, they literally had the same style of love which are ludus and storge. They
know they are there for each other no matter what, and nothing is going to make
them turn back. I envy this kind of relationship. I can see their sincerity to each
other, I see how happy they are being around each other and I see the
commitment they have for each other. I would admit that it is not easy to find
this kind of love these days. Also, when I asked them to share with me a little
info about their relationships, they kept on telling me all their sweet memories
together which I did not expect from them. They were telling me how they
Starting off, I would like to address that instead of interviewing two couples
for this project, I interviewed three couples just so that I can compare them. I
had so much fun doing it. I interviewed my parents, my grandparents and one of
my siblings. So I am going to classify my parent and my grandparent as an older
couple and the younger, my generation couple would be my brother and his
wife. From my observation, when the older couple was answering their question,
they seem more calm, playful, cheeky whereas when the younger couple who
participated in this interview, they were more serious, and straight to the point.
It’s funny because I was expecting it to be the other way round. I also …show more content…
From their stories, I found out
that both my mother and my grandmother were against getting married at that
time. They both had their own reasons. But what made me envy them is despite
their unwillingness at the beginning, they still managed to come so far in life with
their partner. My parents have been together for 31 years and my grandparents
have been together for 52 years.
I don’t know if it’s the arranged marriage thing, or both of the couples are from
the same cultural background or both of them were brought up the same way, to
me, they literally had the same style of love which are ludus and storge. They
know they are there for each other no matter what, and nothing is going to make
them turn back. I envy this kind of relationship. I can see their sincerity to each
other, I see how happy they are being around each other and I see the
commitment they have for each other. I would admit that it is not easy to find
this kind of love these days. Also, when I asked them to share with me a little
info about their relationships, they kept on telling me all their sweet memories
together which I did not expect from them. They were telling me how they