Being in love is a state of mind. If you aren’t already in love, it is aspirational. The problem with aspiration or desire of any kind is that it requires you to be necessarily unsatisfied with being as is. If being as is is unsatisfactory to you, how could you possibly Read more…
Sometime ago, I wrote this piece about the approach or attitude that usually works well when you go on a first date with someone. However, people continue to ask me what it means to be open or casual, what specific topics are okay to discuss and the likes. So I Read more…
I think of partner search like a marathon, one of the many we run in our lives. It is a long race to the finish. We are not competing with anyone, we are only running to take ourselves past the finish line. We need patience, endurance and lots of preparation. Read more…
It sucks when someone you like doesn’t like you back. But turns out it also sucks to be liked by people who you’d never like back. Someone asked me on Quora why only ugly women send him interests on a matrimonial platform despite being handsome. So here’s what I said… Read more…
Matrimonial websites are social discovery platforms i.e. they provide you with the opportunity of discovering who else is single within communities of your interest, speaking certain languages and living in specific locations. They rely heavily on people uploading their own information to create profiles in order to scale, and have Read more…
Traditionally, men were the sole breadwinners of the family, so in order to qualify for a good wife, men had to have a good job. Today, men and women are both employed, and being employed is no longer enough of a qualification to find one-self a good wife. We want Read more…
In arranged marriages, most of the time, the first meeting happens after several rounds of scrutiny: Good profile on paper – check First few text exchanges aren’t too boring – check First phone conversation was pleasant – check If parents are involved, their approval + horoscope – check From here Read more…
Until the 90s, people heavily relied on personal networks and local brokers for partner search. But once people started leaving their home-towns for education or jobs, they were less likely to find suitable partners within these limited networks. That’s when matrimonial apps came in, and improved liquidity tremendously. So, the Read more…
This post was originally published on Quora when someone asked me what a girl and boy talk about on their first arranged marriage date. An arranged marriage meeting is quite similar to meeting someone new at a party. You would casually chat them up to learn more about them and Read more…
You can register for free on most platforms. The free version allows you to express/ accept interest from prospects. In some cases, you can even chat for free depending on what package your match has. If your matches have premium packages that allow their matches to respond to their chats, Read more…