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Single in India: Marriage Is A Group Effort

In Mumbai, India everyone is ready to pitch in and help you with your love life.

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Liz Tuccillo, writer for Sex and the City and co-author of He's Just Not That Into You, learns that in Mumbai, India everyone—your parents, cousins, friends, accountant—wants to help you get married. And since your family

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elizabeth Single
Posted October 21, 2008

I love the idea of matchmaking! Marriage does bring families together so every family member should take part in finding the right match!

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BookMama Married Happily Married
Posted July 10, 2009

I don't know, I suspect that if I tried to matchmake for my kids, they'd get mad at me.

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joyofromance Taken
Posted December 19, 2008

Hi Elizabeth, I couldn't agree more. When I work as a matchmaker, I help my client's learn how to turn their friends and family into mini-matchmakers in their lives (that is as long as they like their taste). I believe it is better to have many eyes looking for your most perfect match, especially people who know you.
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Lyz Married Community Manager
Can Relate - Posted July 10, 2009

I think this presupposes that your family has your best interest in mind and isn't so caught up in their own problems and hang ups and drama that they can't advocate for you.

I would not trust my family to make a match for me. In fact, when I brought my then fiancee home, a nice, smart, hardworking handsome kind man, my mom thought of every reason to NOT like him. We've been married almost 4 years now, and are happier than ever. Meanwhile, my parents marriage is declining. I wouldn't have trusted their advice.

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