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Post by TheBo on May 26, 2004 19:57:10 GMT -5
Precisely the problem with these folks--you don't just marry someone, you marry their entire friggin family! Well, yes, Jacques, but that's true for everyone. If you marry someone, you are stuck with their family. Sometimes, long after the divorce. Bo |
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Post by jacques on May 26, 2004 22:07:24 GMT -5
Well, yes, Jacques, but that's true for everyone. If you marry someone, you are stuck with their family. Sometimes, long after the divorce. Bo Yuck--that's what you'd call My Big Fat Jeepers Creepers Wedding.  |
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Post by Seoul Calibur on May 28, 2004 0:04:12 GMT -5
Precisely the problem with these folks--you don't just marry someone, you marry their entire friggin family!  I see the family relationships in OMR as being similar to those arrangements made btw royal families and aristocracies. Marriages are not really about two people in love with each other, but rather as a means of creating what is often perceived as a mutual benefit to the families involved, like establishing military or economic alliances........ |
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Post by jacques on May 28, 2004 0:13:59 GMT -5
I see the family relationships in OMR as being similar to those arrangements made btw royal families and aristocracies. Marriages are not really about two people in love with each other, but rather as a means of creating what is often perceived as a mutual benefit to the families involved, like establishing military or economic alliances........ So true--across so many seemingly diverse Asian/world cultures--Chinese, Indian, Arabic, etc. Some people say the "arranged marriage" is making a comeback of sorts, especially among ethnic communities in the West. I know for a fact that Indian e-matchmakers such as shaadi.com are experiencing a boom!  |
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Post by Lucy on May 28, 2004 12:16:32 GMT -5
How about the family of Yu-jin's friend, the one Halmonyi and Aunt Rainbow want to set up with Hyun-gyu? The family is rich and the other daughters have already married well-to-do men from powerful families: heck, I wouldn't mind marrying into that family if I could reap the benefits! And for her part, with HK looking more and more like Min-jae these days, as Jacques has pointed out, that's a pretty sweet deal!
Lucy
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Post by eaglestorm on May 28, 2004 12:30:15 GMT -5
How about the family of Yu-jin's friend, the one Halmonyi and Aunt Rainbow want to set up with Hyun-gyu? The family is rich and the other daughters have already married well-to-do men from powerful families: heck, I wouldn't mind marrying into that family if I could reap the benefits! And for her part, with HK looking more and more like Min-jae these days, as Jacques has pointed out, that's a pretty sweet deal! Lucy I am more of the romantic type, although I think people with certain personality and character traits would do well in an arranged marriage...but not all, certainly not someone like a Suh Yu-kyung type....If you recall, she married Joo-hoo, Mi-joo's biological father, who was selected based on perceived compatibility; both were from well-to-do families, both were well-educated, etc...but we all know how that turned out..... I think the ideal match in an arranged marriage would be two people of moderate or low-key temperment, (no driven, type-A personalities....) who share a particular set of values and outlook, and who have a strong sense of commitment and responsibility. All others, need not apply..... |
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Post by Soju on May 29, 2004 11:52:32 GMT -5
Yu-jin's friend sure looks like trouble!  |
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