Marriage, in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr. and Mrs. Nejari, then their children should get married. On the other hand, if the parents don't like each other, but the children do, well, this is where sad poetry comes from.
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America (ed. Random House, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307430991