Should I marry someone without feeling a spark ?

Question

I am 31M and after going on so many dates and meeting people I am feeling exhausted and I really want to settle down.

Two years I ago I met someone someone who is visually stunning and I felt like this could be the one but later I found out she does MLM (multi level marketing) and some other not so ethical stuff so I backed off. She was a nice girl and she truly believed no one was being harmed but I just couldn’t look past it.

So last year I thought let’s go for friendship and I thought I should ask my female best friend, but she said she asked me when we first met 4 years ago and apparently I said we are just friends, but I developed feeling over time. Her behavior was very different since I said it, I realized she is very stubborn and she wouldn’t even listen to any of my advice. After trying a lot it didn’t work out.

This year I feel like I really want to settle down, I have a dentist friend who recently told me she really likes me. She is also a family friend. She is attractive, my family knows her and she is very educated, so she checks all the boxes. But I don’t feel a spark. She is a little spoiled and talks a lot. Sometimes she won’t even let me talk and say stuff “listen listen, let’s me say first, hold on let me finish, wait wait there is more” and just go on and on.

I am now too afraid to let her go, I am also getting old and a lot of people around my age are already married so I feel like maybe I should just adjust and get used to her. I know spark is a western concept. Back home in south Asian counties it all about responsibilities and family values. So I feel like there is no right or wrong answer.

Posted Jul 6, 2025, 7:27 PM UTC

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