Men & Arranged Marriages

When it comes to arranged marriages, everyone thinks guys have it easy, but one boy tells us what its really like. Email us your arranged marriage disasters.

Arranged marriages, eh! Everybody goes on about how tough it is for girls, but what about for us lads. Everyone thinks we have it easy, after all, all we have to do is turn up, have a cup of chai then go home. How hard can that be?

Any guy who has ever had to go through the ordeal of having to visit a prospective bride will tell you it is about as easy as walking through a mine field, blind folded while singing Westlife songs in Punjabi.

One of the worst things about the whole process is the dreaded first visit. Lets face it, girls have the upper hand already, as we are meeting them on their own territory.

And lets face it, you never know what to expect. How many times have you popped into Dallas Chicken and Ribs for a quick burger on the way to see a rishta, only to find that your prospective mother in law has made a six course meal and expects you to finish it, whether you like it or not while proudly telling your mum how her daughter sliced the cucumber for the salad.

And when out of courtesy you decide to give the chicken nuggets a miss, your 100-mile journey up north is rewarded by a measly packet of digestive biscuits….and lets not even get on to the subject of having a sixth (box) of Mr Kipling’s French Fancies from your prospective father in law’s Happy Shopper convenience store stuffed lovingly down your throat because nobody will take ‘no’ for an answer.

And what about checking the girl out? There you are sitting surrounded by the girl’s father, two uncles and.... (cont)