I'm doing a role play on an arrainged marriage, and I'm just now starting the actually story line. But, I can't just go on with the what the role play is about, I want to know much more about arrainged marriages. Anything anyone knows about them, I'd love to hear. I'm going to yahoo answers next to ask, but I thought this would be good too. Google sometimes doesn't give me what I want so that will be my last resort on finding last minute information. If it's too much to post on here, I wouldn't mind an Rmail. Whatever works for you.

If you have some type of link, I'd like that too. :) But sometimes, they have so much information that it stresses me out so just bullet pointed facts would probably be better. But, if a link is all you have, I would appreciate that also. :)

Thanks bunches! ~

I'm just going to put a guess about what I've read/heard about arranged marriages.

Usually they're used to unite two groups together for a purpose, usually not for love at all. Either for land/resources, power, money, fame, or some other ridiculous greedy reason. Sometimes the people being paired up have no voice in what they truly want, especially when they have alpha family members taking control of their lives. But sometimes they do have a say, but it's usually one-sided.. meaning the person wanting the arranged marriage is making their own decision but is limited to a small selection because of either their own choosing and/or their family's choosing.

I'm pretty sure it still happens today, but not for those reasons as much anymore. Sometimes arranged marriages happen because the families have a somewhat mutual agreement that the couple would look great together and should marry. It's not necessarily subjected to royalty or upper-class like in the olden days..

I don't know. I'm just rambling on what I've read in books, learned in history classes, and watched on TV & movies. xD; 

Thank you! That actually helps a lot :3

I've seen this all the time in the role playing forums...What's alpha? D:

Bumps for anyone else who knows anythinggggg <3

One more time...

BUMP <3

Ohhh that's good info. THank you very much!

Arranged marriages are mostly found in Asia. The couple mostly does not know anything about the one they are marrying, and only meet on the day of their marriage. That is usually their first meeting. Arranged marriages are made by the parents and most of the time, the couple does not have a choice/opinion on this matter.

Yeah :3 

I'm not sure how other East Asian countries do it, but this is how a good portion of modern arranged marriages in Japan are done in a nutshell. x3

 Both arranged marriages and love marriages still happen. But it's important to note that "arranged marriage" doesn't always mean it's a "forced marriage." If a woman wants an arranged marriage even though she doesn't have one set up for family reasons (which does happen, some women prefer it), she can go to the equivalent of a matchmaker. I've forgotten actual the job ti
tle for it, but the matchmaker helps clients find partners. The matchmaker will show the client pictures, information, etc. of one another, and if they decide that they feel comfortable about the other person they go on ahead and set up a preliminary meeting between the two clients. Usually though, the meeting is only held if the two clients are serious about marrying one another at this point in time. That's not to say no one ever gets cold feet though, lol. If everything works out, then they go on ahead and proceed with marriage plans and whatnot. c:

Thanks! <33333