We seldom hear any mention of arranged marriages in our society. Were someone try to make these arrangements for their child, it is very likely that some type of authority would be contacted for a form of abuse.
However one study did find that women who are in arranged marriages are actually happier than women in marriages with men that they selected for themselves.
The study found that women in an arranged married are much more realistic when it comes to dealing with romance and love and thus they can more enjoy the person that they are with.
These women tend to think about their spouse as simply a life partner, a companion, and a supporter. They do not have high expectations of this person meeting all of their emotional needs through an emotional bond. They do not look to their husbands to create their happiness for them. They know how to create their own happiness. Because they do not have these expectations, they do not hold grudges or get upset when their husbands do not fulfill them.
Women who enter an arranged marriage are in love with their spouse. They understand that they must learn to love him and that the love must grow with time. Therefore they go into the marriage looking for the best in their mate and focusing on the positive aspects. They can easier let go of the little things that really do not matter. This is a reverse of the way that marriages of love occur. Women tend to have already found all of the positives before marriage and begin to focus on the negative things after marriage.
Couples in arranged marriages do not go through the process of dating and courtship. Therefore they do not feel that feeling of the lost of romance after marriage and hold resentment toward their men. Small things tend to mean more to these women because they do not have higher expectations to compare them to.