Is it possible to be happily married if you find yourself the mate of someone you’ve been introduced to by a go-between? The woman mentioned in the beginning of our article says: “I went through the first years of my marriage thinking it was my ‘fate’ and somehow I must try to find some happiness.” Then a change took place. She explains: “When we both began studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses and got baptized, I felt truly happy that I had married him.”

Might proper instruction help to overcome some of these problems? Says a woman who was married in a church in Japan: “When I think back on it, I was not expecting to find real enjoyment in my marriage. We felt it would be showing weakness on our part if we asked for outside help to solve any of our problems. But after our daughter was born, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door. When I began to study the Bible with them, for the first time I learned what marriage is all about​—that cooperation with my husband is necessary for a happy household. The ‘two-become-one-flesh’ principle had a big influence in every aspect of our family life. I learned that there truly is more happiness in giving than in receiving.” (Matt. 19:4, 5) Proper instruction from the Bible has been a definite aid to this household.