For many people around the world, the tradition of arranged marriages is deep rooted in old world thinking. People around the world marry to honor their families, not for love. But is this always right?

And is the web taking it to an even more ridiculous level by letting parents choose spouses for their children online via matrimonial sites? Well it depends who you ask. Many people love to uphold tradition and wouldn't even dream of breaking it.

Other forward thinking individuals would love to break tradition and do something that truly makes them happy. Either way there are people online looking for marriage every day. You can go to site after site based on matrimonials, and find hundreds of thousands of profiles.

Many of these sites offer an option for parents to sign up , and choose a mate for their children. Although controversial to most English speaking nations, this is commonplace in countries such as India, and Pakistan.

With a population of over 1 billion India is turning into one of the most populous places on the planet. And the same rules apply about love, life and happiness. You need all of them.

If your parents are choosing your mate, then maybe you won't get all three. Although life is a given, that is, until you die. But love and happiness should be determined by the individual in this authors eyes. But again I say, tradition is hard to break, even for the most stubborn.

Would I ever let my parents choose my spouse? No. As a matter of fact, when most parents try to choose spouses for their children in America they only drive them away. Oh, how we are worlds apart.