love marriage
Affection-based wedding
A love marriage is a marriage based on romantic attachment between the partners, as opposed to one arranged by families.
The term is used primarily in South Asian contexts, where arranged marriages remain common: Their parents wanted to arrange a match, but she insisted on a love marriage.
The phrase marks what Western cultures typically assume as the default.
- romanceLove and its excitement
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- partnershipShared business arrangement
soulmate · commitment · til death do us part · courtship · proposal · tying the knot · honeymoon · affection · intimacy · passion · union · spouse · first dance · bride · white dress · groom · ceremony · altar
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- relationship beliefsmonogamy, polyamory, soulmate, fidelity, the one
- sexual customssexual norms, sexual taboos, courtship, virginity, chastity
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
love marriagearranged marriage
Family-selected spousal pairing
forced marriage · dynastic marriage · betrothal · shotgun wedding
love marriagemarriage of convenience
Union for practical gain
strategic marriage · dynastic marriage · green card marriage · sham marriage · loveless marriage
love, marriage, loved, loving, lovingly, lover, lovers, lovely, loveliness