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When love grows in arranged marriage but vulnerability feels too risky

We have been married for eight months through our families' arrangement and I think I am falling in love with him but I am afraid to show it in case he does not feel the same.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love emerging within duty's framework carries the particular terror of unrequited feeling in permanent commitment.

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

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