I knew someone who met her husband through an arranged marriage. She showed me her wedding pictures. She was in a designer gown but there were no pictures of her husband. He never made it to the wedding. He was in the US and she was in Iran.
She met her husband for the first time at Logan Airport. He took her home and there were interesting white flakes falling. She called her mother to tell her she saw snow for the first time. That night the snow got heavier. The next day the snow blocked the door and was up to the windows. It was the Blizzard of ‘78. They were snowed in for a week. Her husband kept telling her the snow wasn’t like this all the time. Who knows if they’re still together.
I read your entire post only to come up with no outcome data?