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1、U31.doyouthinkmarriagesbasedonlovearemoresuccessfulthanarrangedmarriages?Generallyspeaking,marriagesbasedonlovearemoresuccessfulthanarrangedmarriages.initslonghistory,Chinahaswitnessedmanytragiceventsarisingfromarrangedmarriages.however,weshouldnotgotoextremesandclaimthatallarrangedmar
2、riagesarefailures,afterall,inthepast2000-plusyears,mostofthearrangedmarriagesdidsurvive,andsomeofthecouplesdiddeveloprealloveaftertheirmarriage.asformarriagesbasedonlove,theyarenotwithoutproblems.inthecontemporaryworld,arrangedmarriageshavealmostdisappeared.boysandgirlsgooutondatesandg
3、raduallydevelopalovebetweenthembeforetheygetmarried.Strangely,thedivorceratehaskeptrising.andthereasonsfordivorcecanbeverysimple:"wecannolongercommunicatewitheachotherverywell"or"I'vegottenboredwithhimorher".Inspiteofthedrawbacksofmarriagesbasedonloveandtheoccasionalsuccessesofarranged
4、marriages,itisobvioustoallthattheformeraremoreinconformitywithhumannature.thetraditionalpraticeofarrangedmarriagesshouldnotberestored.2.doyouthinkagirlshouldmarrysomeonewhoismucholderoryoungerthansheis？personally,Ithinkagirlshouldnotmarrysomeonewhoistoooldortooyoungforher.withawideageg
5、ap,acouplemaybephysicallyincompatible,andtheirwaysofthinkingmaydifferlargelyfromeachother.ButIwillnotgosofarastoclaimthatmarriageswithawideagegapwillallfail.Wecanfindmanyperfectmatchesbetweenayounggirlandamiddle-agedman.Generally,wewoulddowelltofollownature,andagirlshouldselectherspous
6、efromamongpeopleclosetoherownage.thiswillpreventmanyunnecessarydifficulties.3.doyouthinkagirlshouldsharetheexpensesorlettheboypaythebill?Inthepast,thenormalpatternwasthatmenworked,whilewomendidnot.Thus,itwasnaturalformentopay.Thingshavechanged.AfterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
7、na,manyfemales,ifnotall,wentouttowork.Thewomen’sliberationmovementintheUnitedStatesinthe1960salsoachievedacertainlevelofequalitybetweenmenandwomen.So,itisnaturalthatsomegirlsnolongerwantmentopickupthecheck.Instead,theyprefertoshareor“goDutch”toshowthattheyareequaltomales.4.Whatdoyouk
