Are Arranged Marriages Outdated? | Middle Ground INDIA

Divorce rate in india isn't low because arranged marriages work, it's because divorce is considered a taboo in India

The bottomline - In India, the difference between being able to choose between arranged marriage and love marriage is PRIVILEGE.

A summary of Rina's whole argument : "I have friends from America who thinks arrange marriages works and I have white validilation so I'm not wrong. Also these never happened to me so therefore it must not exist. Arrange marriages are best and always works but I am divorced from an arrange marriage. Not to mention I am extremely privilege and my source is "trust me bro"

the main arguments for arranged marriage were essentially “well, my arranged marriage is/was fine” and “i can’t seem to figure out how to date on my own so i need someone to do it for me.” Idk if it’s just me but Pradhyuman’s whole rant about how online dating didn’t work for him just screamed “i favor arranged marriage because then woman are obligated to talk to me.” gross. like Aastha mentioned, most of the points they made seemed to come from a very privileged place. i’m glad that the two of them didn’t end up in miserable, or downright abusive, arranged marriages but that is not the case for many, many people.

Rina's whole personality trait is " It never happened to me so therefore it must not exist".

The very sentence "I would get a divorce if I'm unhappy in my marriage" would be a luxury to a lot of people in this country.

15:01 "why are you narrowing down your relationship to your parents?" Suvir didnt talk much. But he just hit the nail with whatever he said. Absolutely 1000% correct.

lets be real, any marriage can fail - love or arranged. so what really needs to be done is normalise divorce instead of making it a taboo, so that we can all get a 2nd chance if needed

Rina's whole argument was based on " ik lot of people , ik lot of friends , my cousins , my nieces etc " like wtf ? Her source was basically"trust me bro"

Low divorce rates are more a reflection of cultural or societal pressure to stay married than they are of a happy marriage 🤷‍♀️

Aastha is honestly the only person worth listening to here, because she seems to be the only one in touch with the modern situation and current reality of the general middle/upper class people of India. The points she raised were so valid, and the concerns she pointed out were those that pretty much every single woman would have.

The fact that Rina brought up the 1% divorce rate in the beginning shows how privilege and unaware she is? Like sis the absolute last reason it’s that low is people being happy in their marriage lmao. Also love how the pro arranged marriage people were mainly single and divorced no shade tho ✋🏻

My guy is pro arranged marriages cause that way he can't be ghosted.. 🙄

Suvir not giving Rina a chance to cut him off was a win for all of us

When someone gives me the argument that arranges marriage had a low divorce rate well yeah because you did not enter the marriage with your full choice then how the hell can you get out by your free will

11:50 THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT THEIR PRIVILEGE. This girl is on fire. Wish I could learn to talk like that. I had be less apologetic about my behavior with a lot of self entitled pricks every day.

When that dude from matchmaking said that " arranged marriages do not perpetuate religious and class division " I laughed out loud WATCH YOUR OWN SHOW HONEY.....

The youngest one in this group is the most level headed..

"You know us girls are more fascinated by the idea of the wedding rather than marriage." Says a lot..

Pradhyuman basically said "Arranged marriages are great bc the other person is obliged to listen to me" ..