i think very few of the www.shaady.com users are from an origin other than Indian. From an "indian propspective" being contcted by a family memeber instead of a girl/boy you are after is normal. :) On 4/20/07, Kath O'Donnell <aliak77@gmail.com> wrote:
my friend was using the sites and his profile was online. he was contacted by one of the girl's mothers (or maybe aunts?) prior to communicating with the girl.
http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-20060711MarriageAndCastesInIndiaALocalsPerspec... is a chat with him & some others from work whilst we were looking at the site with him. forgive our/my questions - we didn't know much about the customs in india at the time & still learning :) (I'm more used to the accent now too)
On 4/20/07, Nicole Reinhold <nicole.reinhold@philips.com> wrote:
contact them online. However there is still an other aspect I was thinking about what when family members are searching a partner on behalf of someone else? Is that something you would indicate when "showing interest" in one profile?
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