Tuesday, February 3, 2009

I Believe in Arranged Marriages

You may think that my kids are a little young for me to be thinking too much about marriage yet, but I do. Pondering over possible matches for them has become a regular past-time for me since Spencer was a toddler.

At first, I was a little worried that my kids wouldn't really want their Mom choosing their spouses for them, but I just read an article that arranged marriages are making a comeback, so I'm sure they won't mind a bit.

Thus far, most of our matchmaking has been pretty one-sided, but we've got a couple of them all set to go...

Cami's future husband moved away a couple of years ago, but since his parents are in full support of their union we figure we'll just wait until they're back from their missions, reintroduce them, and ZAMMO! Cami and JT together forever. They'll thank us later for our foresight.

With Adam, we just had to wait for the right girl to come along. She's everything we could ever want in a daughter-in-law. She's cute, friendly, smart, righteous, comes from a great family, and gets along well with all my kids. Here's a cute picture of the happy couple.
Adam and Eve
Wedding date: June 21, 2027

Yep. She's a keeper all right!
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13 comments:

  1. KFebruary 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    Sounds like a great plan to me! I hope your kids will see it your way!

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  2. Tevye-GoldaFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:19 PM

    Lara:

    Absolutely dead-on correct about arranged marriages. Many years ago, I rode in a car pool with a young Indian man by the name of Anil from Mumbai. When he was almost 30 and working in America, his parents made a match back in India with an 18-year old young woman. As we discussed his young (and seemingly happy) family, he noted that divorce rates for arranged marriages are much less than 1%.

    Now that they are officially coming into favor here in America, please have your unmarried sibs to include Nate, Aitch, and AL to give me a quick call tomorrow.

    Have I got a match for them!!

    signed, Yentl

    P.S. If you need assistance with Eve's parents, please give me a call.

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  3. annalisaFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:50 PM

    that's hilarious! hey lara you can arrange a marriage for me:)

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  4. annalisaFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    by the way i like the new blog header!

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  5. DeniseFebruary 4, 2009 at 5:00 AM

    My grandparents were an arranged marriage...and could not have been happier.

    Congrats!

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  6. DeanneFebruary 4, 2009 at 5:33 AM

    Sounds like a good match. And with the couple name of "Adam and Eve" how could you go wrong?

    Love the new header too! Way cute!

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  7. alexandraFebruary 4, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    I totally agree with you on that one. Parents are able to see past all that googly-eyed stuff and get a better sense of the overall pictures. That being said, I guess I'll have to find other eternal companions for Ana and Gavin since JT and Eve are taken.

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  8. KareyFebruary 4, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    You may have noticed that we already have a young lady picked out for Lincoln. So we also believe in arranged marriages.

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  9. CharleneFebruary 4, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    I am with you there. Kim and I have our 7 year olds marriage planned since their birth, and we have documented their lives together ever since.
    By the way, I love your blog header! It looks great!

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  10. JenJFebruary 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Very funny!! :) They do make a cute couple don't they?

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  11. shawniFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    I'm totally all for arranged marriages! Hey I just wanted to say hi and it's so great to "see" you! Thanks so much for saying hi on my blog. What cute kids you have.

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  12. AshbyFebruary 4, 2009 at 3:38 PM

    LOL Lara! Just their names put them together perfectly. Don't forget to send us an invite all the way out here in the desert!

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  13. Eyeglasses & EndzonesFebruary 4, 2009 at 7:21 PM

    Oooh...that one was really funny! I hope you are telling the truth because Adam and Eve is just to precious to be fictional!!!

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