How do Indians in US do arranged marriage?

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Posted: 14 years ago
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How do Desis/Indians marry in arranged manner in US (or elsewhere) when the boy and girl, both are working in different states? This gets complicated when both want to continue their careers and given the tough economic conditions these days, its hard to even think leaving one's current job and travel to a different state and hunt for jobs. Also, who of the two would compromise given that its an arranged marriage scenario (and not love). There would be several eligible Indian boys and girls in US facing the same dilemma - how do they resolve this? I hope for positive serious responses.

PS: Not everyone is fortunate enough to "fall in love" which would create a reason for the two to get together and in this, one of them (mostly the girl but not always) can choose to come to their spouse's city and search for jobs (and remain jobless for some time depending on the current job scenario in their area of work). This becomes very difficult in an arranged marriage case because there is no prior relationship between the boy and girl.

PS: The boy and girl both should be able to continue their professional lives in one city after marriage. Both of them study well and there's no reason any one of them should be forced in any way to not pursue their careers especially due to the financial independence and support a job provides to both.

Though Indians/Desis would be able to relate to this kind of scenario more than others, I would expect anyone with an out-of-box solution to reply. Please provide serious replies; I request you to not laugh over the matter or make fun to hurt someone's sentiments.

Thank you for your time.

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Posted: 14 years ago
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i feel arranged is no different thn love marriage in the end the girl is always the one sacrificing her family and job to move away to live with the guy's parents. I dont think there is a choice of the guy moving to ur state.. i dont see it as a possiblity just cuz how desis are and their beliefs with living where their husband is.

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