[Chemnitz]

Christians from Kerala, India told us that they were in love with each other as teens. However, they could not allow anyone to know it or they would have never been married. They are happily married, have two daughters (one an engineer, one a doctor). I noticed in their native newspaper ads are placed for brides and grooms. Given the rotten state of marriage in America, something must be said for an arranged marriage. I am not promoting it, but there is an unlying assumption of responsibility. Americans marry for love but often divorce before the wedding photos are back from the photographer.

[Loyalist]

Given the rotten state of marriage in America, something must be said for an arranged marriage. I am not promoting it, but there is an unlying assumption of responsibility.

Doubtless you intended to say "underlying"...but "unlying" in this context is no less true.

Considering how flippantly people treat marriage today, in these days of no-fault divorce and homosexual "marriage", I would be not be surprised that most married couples have no idea about what makes a true marriage. Nor would most young people know what qualities to look for in a future spouse.(Not that I presume to know them better, either; otherwise I'd be married.)