Jodie Marsh wants you to take her up the a...

[SFB]

It depends which of the couple you ask. Most of the men accept it, talk to them as a couple and they'll most likely both say it works well. It's a face saving joint effort.

If you can get the female to give her honest opinion in confidence, you'll sometimes get a different view.

[Mr Morningstarr*]

They accept what?
There is a difference between forced marriage and arranged marriage you know, and Indians aren't the ones renowned for their forced marriages.

[SFB]

Don't add words unnecessarily, 'forced' was not mentioned.

But I would be interested to know what you think the difference is, if any? If the parties are willing, it's because it's custom and accepted, but that doesn't make them happy about the outcome.

[bogmarsh]

There was a programme on radio 4 or the world service in the middle of the night I listened to about a year ago - one night I couldn't sleep.

The theme was domestic violence around the world. They discussed India and that many women (even those happy to go along with an arranged marriage) end up in violent marriages that due to society they cannot get out/divorce.

One women was interviewed as she was one of the few who financially could leave and flee to relatives over here. But she was extremely fortunate that some relatives over here were happy to take her in. Most of her family shunned her and since she refused to return they had now disowned her.

I am not aware of statistics so I'm not saying ALL arranged marriages will be unhappy but it is a sad fact that their society will actively discourage a woman leaving a man who beats her up.

Arn't there a few charities (in this country) set up specifically for Asian women trying to leave domestically violent situations because of the very fact that leaving the marriage is so frowned upon in certain cultures?

Edit - how the hell did a thread on Jodie Marsh get so serious???

[THE V0NZ]

Originally Posted by bogmarsh

How the hell did a thread on Jodie Marsh get so serious???

Probably because it's pretty obvious she's a bad girl and anyone that took her on would need to give her a slap every now and then. Women like her hate a wimp.

I think she'd really like my kind of 'tough love' - so how would I go about getting an audition?

[Ck]

Here you go VONZ, a list of audition dates.

Click

[THE V0NZ]

Cheers for that Ck - why do you think she seems to have specifically blanked the NorthWest? Strange.

Maybe she's met Mr. M*?