In an arranged marriage, the spouses' relationship may begin as empty love and develop into another form, indicating "how empty love need not be the terminal state of a long-term relationship... the beginning rather than the end".
在包办婚姻中，配偶的关系可能以空洞式爱情开始并发展成为另外一种形式，指示“空洞式爱情不需要成为长期关系的终点站…但可能是它的开端”。