Do single desi women live with family until marriage?

[Paheli00]

Re: Do single desi women live with family until marriage?

@fitoor

Life alone here can get lonely and plus for a woman, it’s added pressure because after she gets a job or she’s done with her education, desis ask, “so when is she getting married, didn’t she find anyone yet” or even nondesis, when they see a single female, the eventual question is "are you dating anyone or are you married?" If she is single, a morbid picture of a spinster woman in a bathrobe and slippers feeding her cats is seen.

Even while filing our taxes here, there is an incentive for married couples. There’s always an emphasis that a woman should get married.

Well the tax benefits apply to both men and women. And in my experience interacting with desis AND non-desis, all these issues are the same for men. Even men are asked (by men and women) whether or not they’re dating someone. And if the guy does have a girlfriend, there is constant inquiry about whether he has started “ring shopping” or when he will “pop the question.” Men are not free from the pressures of settling down.