re: What is the quickest you’ve seen a couple marry?

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What is the quickest you’ve seen a couple marry?
I have a lot of Mormon buddies. A couple of them married their wives like a month after dating. They're all still happily married.

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There were some similar comments by others. In a similar vein, an (East) Indian guy that worked for me told me that his marriage was arranged for him. His wife worked at the same company, and when we needed overtime help, they both would come in and work for us on weekends. She was very nice and personable, smart, and a hard worker. And.. she was super cute/attractive (this after having two kids). I mean, really, really nice. I might even have pictures (but give me a chance to dig around for them).

We would kid him, "I hope you thank your parents every day for setting you up with her!"

Later, I heard some interviews with couples with arranged marriages. The common theme seemed to be - "You might not be infatuated and 'in love' with that person from the start, but you grow together and learn to love and respect each other." I guess I can see that working. Also, from what I understand (at least in more modern times), this isn't a forced thing, the parents bring them together, and if it doesn't work it doesn't work, they don't get married to each other.

It’s feasible that if both people are mature people and both want to be in a marriage then they can make it work fine for decades: So many people end up divorced due to the lack of the will to be in it.

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Two couples

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That's odd

Met May, Engaged October and married the following January. 35 plus years ago.

I married one after 6 months of dating. Realized it was a screw up about a year into it. She loved the dope more than she loved me. After 5 years of trying to make it work, I ran her off

I'll add this. I met my wife now at a friends house. We were randomly talking and she was telling me about her having to move and didnt care where she was. I jokingly told her she could rent a room from me. She called the next day and asked if I would consider it. I did. It didn't last a week her sleeping in a separate room. We were both single, so why not. Got married a year later. Shes my best friend by far.

My mom's oldest sister got married two weeks after meeting. My uncle had just got back at the end of World War II from being a bombardier in Europe. They met and stayed together the next 54 years until she died of cancer.

Isn’t this how most arranged marriages work, and their success ratio is far higher than in Western culture?

My parents...only dated a month before they got married.

Six months. They are divorcing after five years due to red flags that could’ve been seen with more diligence.