Re: Is dating common and accepted in India?
Yeah…I think a lot of foreign born Pakistanis would be kinda surprised by how liberal Pakistani society actually is…as long as you limit yourself to the Defence/Gulberg/Clifton/F-whatever population. I think part of the issue is that most of the Pakistanis in the US tend to come from more conservative, middle class backgrounds in Pakistan to begin with…and on top of that, their parents left the country back in the 70’s, and haven’t really been exposed to any of the changes that have occurred since then.
That said, from what I’ve personally seen with my cousins & with the girls from Pakistan who I knew in college, dating is still not ‘accepted’ the way it is in the US…its still definitely something that’s done kinda on the down low, without your parents finding out. And again, its still pretty much limited to the urban upper classes in Pakistan…