Debate : 6347


Off-Topic / Debate / 6347	6346 \| 6348

Subject:	Re: What would a kid think? (Re: Concerns with Racial Attitudes and Lego)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 16 Aug 2000 07:24:10 GMT
Reply-To:	ssgore@superonline.comSPAMLESS
Viewed:	182 times

Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: > > I know a couple from Bengal (in India) that had an arranged marriage! Didn't > meet until their wedding day. I had no reason to think you weren't being > serious! It's very popular here in Turkey, especially in small towns and villages. The couple knows each other before the wedding generally, but it is not needed the marriage to be the decision and or desire of the couple (not of the girl, especially). If the fathers of the both sides agreed on marriage (depend highly on the money -"baslik money"- given by boy's father to the girl's father) the marriage will be realized, otherwise not. Tradition, huh?.. I call it TRADE... Selçuk

Message has 1 Reply:

		Re: What would a kid think? (Re: Concerns with Racial Attitudes and Lego)
(...) Didn't (...) I checked with my friend at work from Iraq (note that he identifies himself as Assyrian) and confirms that arranged marriages were still happening there as of 20 years ago (when he decided he didn't want to die for the glory of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:

		Re: What would a kid think? (Re: Concerns with Racial Attitudes and Lego)
(...) I know a couple from Bengal (in India) that had an arranged marriage! Didn't meet until their wedding day. I had no reason to think you weren't being serious! And the example was wasted on me anyway, since I was presenting the scenario as I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

5 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search