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<p>Definitely true. I don’t think most people get this either. To be perfectly honest, even in Western society, if one goes back some generations, I think it was somewhat like this – perhaps a friend, parent, or the like would have heard of someone compatible to you, and suggested them. Even today, how some people ultimately end up getting married is by considering, when the time is ripe, that they’ve known certain individuals that they never considered as marriage material, but who share similar values and are trustworthy, perhaps even known and liked by the parents, and then they decide to get together. The point is, it doesn’t have to be that one meets another randomly at college, they decide they love each other over some period of time, and then get married.</p>
<p>While the OP is certainly being intelligent about all this, I recommend he give further reflection to what exactly he wants out of marriage, and what his likes and dislikes truly are.</p>