I have a major request

Yup that's why I have mentioned

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. India is becoming free, and although I dont live in India since I movied when I was a baby we will be the last generation to have arranged marriage. 😇❤️

hehehe yay

Forgive me I was only joking. I hope you find one some day.@lizzy96

@Batman Im hoping that after college I'll find a nice Indian guy that shares my views on dating and possibly somehow date him before I introduce to my parents.

I think the arranged marriage thing is strange, but what do I know I’m a Midwest white boy😃

@lizzy96 A draconian hierarchy is hard to overcome because it is often based in religion. Religion is like a nail that secures ideological idiosyncrasies to a culture. People need to learn that God, and the gods want humanity to thrive and be happy, and the subjugation of one sex by another is counter productive to growth and prosperity. It may very well be a woman who masters cold fusion or a cure for cancer. A draconian patriarchy cripples progress.

@puck61 While India is mainly a country that practices hunduism there are Christians that do not disgrace women in India, sadly they are outnumbered by bad Hindus, because there are plenty of good Hindus out there

@lizzy96 I know! I relate to Hanuman! I also love the abstract meaning behind the Upanishads 30 million gods! Hindu is a beautiful religion. I confess that I am prejudiced against 'Islam" even though I know there are plenty of kind and caring Muslims in the world! It's my weakness. It almost seem genetic that I have a kind of negative predisposition towards Islam.

your welcome and hey the more you know the better

@lizzy96 I agree, but it's not easy to ask those questions of people who haven't been the ones to introduce the topic. If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have broached the subject because I don't know how people feel about their customs being questioned. Some might think questions are judgements. So, I err on the side of courtesy.

Or just personal. That’s why I wouldn’t ask. @Serenitree

@LeopoldBloom um no, nowadays people are looking for spouses through Indian matrimonial website and meeting them in person and only saying yes if they have the same view and actually like each other. Although there are some divorces. Indian Parents believe in arranged marriages bc of fewer divorce rates, when I have found that divorce rates are about the same

@lizzy96 I realize that in a traditional society, these practices developed for valid reasons. For example, if another farmer's land bordered your own, it would make sense for your son to marry his daughter. It's only when these cultures enter the modern world and children are exposed to different ways of thinking that these practices become senseless and oppressive. So after a few generations, people abandon them. Otherwise, they have to insulate themselves from society, like the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and other groups.

Yup and as stated above arranged marriage is dying down

@puck61 Really?

@lizzy96 I'm sorry. I wish you could look inside yourself and see independence. I feel bad for those who are subject to bondage. I have no idea how you must feel.

There is nothing wrong with companionship.@puck61