My friend's arranged marriage seemed to be working fine, until she told me a couple of years ago that they had separated.
But, of course, that can happen in any marriage.
Another Moslem friend told me that in her family it was the arranged marriages that were tending to break down - this is in the younger generation - and the love marriages - with partners outside of Islam - that were happier.
Of course, many marriages end in divorce or separation. Why does that happen? I don't know, really, except that some people just can't see if they are compatible with their partnerrs or not.
Love blinds them. Maybe this is where arranged marriage might be more successful - provided that the 'arrangers' can be trusted in their judgement.
