Re: An awkward situation
It might…it might not. There’s a possibility that the guy’s family can even develop a grudge and think that the girl thinks too highly of herself…that she thinks their son is not good enough…and some parents (with warped thinking) might even let that resentment carry over to her parents.
I think the “bhai” approach is better because hopefully the parents will think (if they’re smart)…that seeing your spouse as a brother is not conducive to a marriage. You could argue that in our culture every guy is like a bhai…but if the point is made clearly that she absolutely can’t see him as anything more than her bhai…that should get the message across. Now if the guy was interested in her…that would hurt. But if the guy is not that involved and it’s his parents that are pushing the rishta…then at least it can even be seen as a positive thing that one respects/considers you close enough to be almost like a family member (brother, sister, etc) even if they can’t see you as a life partner.