We should have a itemized checklist for brides and grooms. Here is a sample list.
Bride's checklist - Groom's job, salary, bank balance, car, investments, properties - Education level - Inheritance potential - Looks - Resemblance to favorite stars - Dancing and singing abilities - Minimum number of relatives - Friendly sasu maa and sasur ji - Living separately or not - Kundli in hinduism/ Istikhara in islam - Medical reports/AIDS/STDs - Honeymoon plans - Cooking and cleaning potential in groom - Views on wife working of not - For subcontinent brides - preferably someone residing in west - For western brides - good family type from back home - Religion - Ethnicity - Language - Cultural habits - Supplementary qualities like love, affection, interest, sincerity
Groom's checklist - beauty, fairness, looks, hair. so that kids are not as the groom
Note 1: some criteria will carry over from bride's checklist. Note 2: the above list is applicable to hetero relationships only. |