arranged marriage in india

I find arranged marriages to be really old fashioned, my Great-Grandpa even didn't agree with it. He was suppose to marry my Great-Grandma's sister but ended up not, obviously. He claimed "She wasn't pretty enough." But in today's society where getting a stable career set up before marriage and with rising housing costs maybe letting mom and dad be matchmaker is a good thing. One part in every teen girl's stresses, boys is on the list and now since competition of colleges is rising dealing with boy drama can put a girl on the edge. Most girls when we have boy trouble we go to mom and when we find a boy we like we get approval from mom. Why not cut out the middle man and let mom pick for you? Then we are able to focus on our careers and financial futures. And for all you hopeless romantics, sometimes love doesn't work out how we hope it would. Now in days we have to think about finances, the cost of living has greatly increased, college tuition has gone up, and now we have to think about our children's future. The one advice my mom has given me on love is, "Don't marry for love, marry for money. Don't make the mistake I made." In a way I don't agree with it, I still hold on to the hopeless romantic. I hope to find someone I fell in love with and has money to support himself. But realistically, we now have to focus on our careers and finances.