![]() Was I interested? Did I think I could spend the rest of my life with him? I would take into consideration the advice of my family, but the decision was ultimately mine. The primary driver in the final decision-making was how I felt about him. My parents would discuss that person with me, and if I thought it was a good idea, we would invite him and his family to our home. You would never go directly to a family who had an eligible son and talk to them. Normally this is done through a third party. SZJ: Traditionally, a family would search for a prospective partner by talking to their friends and contacts. MC: What was your family's role in your husband-seeking process? The stories we hear in the media tend to be about forced marriage and honor killings, and those things are wrong, but forced marriage doesn't equate to an arranged marriage and an arranged marriage doesn't equate to a loveless marriage. ![]() But one of the things I wanted to convey in the book is that love and arranged marriage can mean very different things to people. ![]() Shelina Zahra Janmohamed: I don't necessarily think my story hasn't been told before. ![]() Marie Claire: What sets your experience apart from other arranged marriage stories? ![]()
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