Caste, religion and community
Inter-community matches, family resistance, and negotiating difference.
We have booked the hall for December and her father called my uncle today to say the family name cannot appear on the reception board the way it is. She said she will not do it and
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We told both sides we are ready and the engagement is fixed for December. Yesterday my mother saw her kitchen photos and started crying because of what she keeps in the fridge. Now
We have been dating three years and told our parents last month. Her mother asked if we do the special Friday fast and when I said no she started crying. Now my father says the kun
We have been talking for eight months and both sets of parents finally met over tea in January. My mother said something about our dietary customs during the dessert course that ap
He and I grew up in the same building, our families know each other since forever. We told them we want to marry. Now his family is saying they need me to convert, or it's a no-go.
Neither of us is especially religious but both families are. We have not really discussed children, festivals, or which ceremonies we would have. It feels like we are avoiding it b
We have been talking for a year and it is serious. My parents have said outright they will not agree. I do not want to cut them off and I do not want to give this up either. I do n
