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When arranged engagement ends and you feel relief instead of grief

The man I was supposed to marry called off our engagement last week and I feel more relieved than heartbroken but I cannot tell anyone that.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The inconvenient emotion reveals a truth that social expectation had buried.

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“Where Are You with Arranged Marriage and Family-Mediated Partnership?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.