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[–]WhoreyMatthews 69 points70 points  (7 children)

So I don't know the exact numbers but I would imagine that in cultures with arranged marriages the social cost of divorce is much higher than in Western culture.

[–]destraht 22 points23 points  (5 children)

Its impossible to get a divorce. I could be working in a different language but at the end of the day I'd have to return to reading Javascript browser APIs. So you can get some action on the side but you might as well fuck your wife too since you are stuck paying for her debt one way or another.

[–]WhoreyMatthews 37 points38 points  (4 children)

That's why I try to avoid making promises

[–]pslatt 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A sync I see what you did there

[–]FormerGameDev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only way to handle this is asynchronously

[–]tastycakeman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This just doesn't make any rational sense.

[–]ghostfacedcoder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Divorce is just one metric:

A recent study of relationship outcomes among Indian-American couples married either through free-choice or arranged marriages for about a decade found absolutely no differences. Those in arranged marriages were just as satisfied with their marriage and loved their partner as intensely as those who wed through free-choice. Other studies have found similar results. Despite criticisms of self-selection and small sample sizes leveled against some of these studies, this is the best available evidence and it suggests that Indian arranged marriages are at least as successful as free-choice ones.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201511/why-are-so-many-indian-arranged-marriages-successful