Arranged marriages are all about finding "perfection".Parents want their kids to be regarded as "perfect" and look for "perfect" matches.Perfection is no longer an attribute but a name given to a set of specifications which every prospective(brahmin) bride and groom must have
THE "PERFECT" BRIDE:
1. Is either an engineer or a doctor.Second preference goes to the commerce girls.Everyone likes to say that their daughter or daughter-in-law is a software professional,or works for an mnc or an international bank. I am yet to see families accept girls who are MAC make up artists.
2.Must be docile and extremely feminine.As a result most of the girls are taught either music or dance and a mention of anything like Tai Chi or kalaripayattu brings the roof down.
3. And here comes the age old requirement: Must have a complexion that is between very fair and slightly wheatish.
4. Must be willing to uproot herself from any place and any job and move to where her husband will be.
5.And the miscellaneous things like knowing the various sahastranamams and ashtotrams
THE "PERFECT" GROOM
1. Again,is either an engineer or a doctor.IITans score lots of brownie points.Must work in a fortune 500 company and have equally qualified siblings. I am yet to hear about brahmin guys who are Michelin 3 star chefs or footwear designers(refer to the post titled Talking about impact to know the consequences of considering marriage to a chef or a designer)
2. Should not smoke and must not eat non veg
As long as the quest for "perfection" continues,aranged marriages continue to be far more entertaining than the K soaps and the circus goes on
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Additional points for groom
1) He should be currently working in USA.
2) Should not have his green card, but should have started processing for one, so that bride can join ASAP after marriage
3) Should be considering returning back to India for good.
Thanks for the points.I completely forgot what an important role USA plays
Slightly off topic w.r.t current post.....
Most crushes never progress to luv and relationship...mostly because one of the parties is uninterested. half the guys (dunno abt gals) dont get to meet more than couple of new girls each year...often times, the processing of wooing the other party has to be done subtly, so that u dont appear like a romeo or desperate person.
in such situations, arranged marriages are better. they give better opportunity for guy and gal to meet and explore better. Of course, ideally, parental intrusion shud be restricted to evaluating the family background....but then....we dont have much choice.
I am surprised that this line of reasoning has not been discussed in this blog.
hi
your life's best decision be happy .
Right decision for you is not only to go for arranged marriage but going for it may be right now.
" this may help you in avoiding getting 400 in maths"
I hope some macro-ecoomics person explains to these ppl that USA is slowing down n abt to go to recession.And India is the next big thing. If a prospective groom who is working in India goes n tells that, they will say that this guy is jelaous as he can't make it to US :((
GOD!! Save these crazy people
@ Anonymous1: Thanks for the concern but i see no connection whatsoever between an arranged marriage and my mathematical capabilities.
@Anonymous 2:Why don't you comment "non-anonymously".U seem like u have a sound knowledge in macro economics urself, so maybe u can do the teaching.
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