HIDDEN MARRIAGE

A love marriage is a marriage of two individuals based upon mutual love, affection, commitment and attraction. While nowadays, the term has little discrete meaning in the Western world, where most marriages are considered to be 'based in love,' the term has meaning elsewhere to indicate a concept of marriage which differs from the norms of arranged marriage and forced marriage. The term has found usage in South Asia and Middle-Eastern countries which have strong traditional arranged marriage systems -where the family of the woman, the man, or of both, arrange the marriage for the individuals. Depending on the culture, love marriages may be unpopular or frowned upon.