Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men/to Mervyn

2007-12-09 Thread Carvalho
--- Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Selma, I married an American thinking I would get one both inside and outside the house. Guess what? The IT professional from Silicon Valley suddenly turned into a Goan housewife. She wants to stay at home with the baby, calls me the light of

Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men

2007-12-08 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
This is really funny, Selma! I'm worried about the company you keep in the US of A! Rgds, RKN This attitude of wanting to marry girls from back home, is so regressive and patronising to girls back home. It somehow puts them on a pedestal of expectations such as domestic diva, faithful, demur,

Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men,

2007-12-08 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Carvalho wrote: Frankly, I'm always surprised when men who have been raised in the West want a bride from back home. What is the logic behind this? Marriage is surely meant to bind two people who have the same points of reference. selma, Life's greatest moments usually have no logic.

Re: [Goanet] Bad news for NRG men,

2007-12-07 Thread Carvalho
--- Vivian A. DSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least this has been my experience in two cases where young Goan men from abroad were looking for a bride in India. --- Frankly, I'm always surprised when men who have been raised in the West want a bride from

[Goanet] Bad news for NRG Men.

2007-12-06 Thread Gabe Menezes
Excerpt :- Among the other major trends noticed in a multi-city DNA survey are a strong preference for CAs and tech professionals working in India, growing incidence of inter-caste and inter-community marriages, and a fall in dowry demands among some communities. Another clear trend: no one

[Goanet] Bad news for NRG men,

2007-12-06 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
Gabe, according to my unscientific observation and experience, NRG grooms are no longer in as great a demand by our Goan lasses as they used to be in the old days. Life in India is too good and many prospective Norros are making big bucks these days in India itself. So why go to some