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Chapter 3: Shopping for a Groom

Don't you think matrimonial sites should have the Amazon assured option? "We sell authentic goods only."
You know when we shop on Amazon we have various choices, filters for price range, brand, quality etc. Looking for a groom in an Indian marriage is kind of the same deal and what is more convenient than shopping online.(it's a myth that online shopping is easier it takes a lot of time, read reviews, scan through the material bah! It's so boring) Anyways coming back to Indian marriage the filters are Income/salary(of course🙄) gotra or clan as you may call it(should never be the same), kundali/ hososcope from a fortune teller, Cast with a capital C, star match and a long list entails. Our parents who don't trust online products easily are incessantly addicted to the online groom shopping.(I know. I know they are doing the needful as parents)  But you know what, atleast amazon offers reviews, return and exchange policy.😁 What do we do here when we choose the wrong product or don't like what we ordered. My dad has been doing this for past 2-3 years. I am afraid that if and when I get married he is going to miss this shopping.(kidding dad I love you😘) Like we send a picture of what we like and matches our budget from Amazon, he sends pictures of possible grooms. Everytime I say no to someone or someone rejects me, my heart gets heavy. Not because of rejection, not because I feel bad for the guy but because I feel bad for my dad who has put in such a great effort in groom hunting. 😣 Our parents spend so much time and money searching the prospective groom that they spend less time with you. Ironic.
Let me tell you this running a matrimonial site is the most successful business neither inflation, nor event like THE GREAT DEPRESSION are going to budge it. The rate at which the population of our country is growing, it's going nowhere. So my friends who are irritated with these sites, we clearly have no alternative. Isn't it? ( Who hates watching the matrimonial advertisements on TV? 🙋)

Girls you might feel sometimes why do I have to leave my house, my mom and dad alone, don't they need me in their life? Why are they so Keen to send me off? Why in the shopping for groom a girl is the one who gets packaged and delivered elsewhere? Logically when I am shopping wouldn't I prefer the package to be delivered at my home. Well this shopping has it's rules all twisted. Sometimes I feel I should have been a part of Superman's "bizzaro world" where the settings and situation are inverted and opposite to the real world.
Only thing I would like to say to the people who are going through this phase like me is, "I get you girl. Just try and calm yourself coz everything happens for a reason and to all the parents out there I would say "I know you'll choose the best. Happy shopping."

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  1. Megha Jadhav1 May 2019 at 06:51

    I couldn't agree more!!😅 Well expressed!!

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  2. Unknown16 May 2019 at 08:10

    😅 Happy Shopping.
    And yes I hate watching the matrimonial advertisement.

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