Mapillai doi US mapillai.......

"What do parents expect when they are looking for a guy for their girl?". I was taken back when my friend asked me this question yesterday. Why this question all of a sudden and why me?
well thats another thing, now comming back to the question , what do parents expect?? mmmmmmmmm....... i told him that they expect that the guy be well settled, have a good job and a house in his name will be an added advantage. The guy should be good. He shot back -"How do you find that?". Wellllllll............ i had no answer.

The rating is more on materialistic terms.....
1.Guy in a software company
2.earning in 5 figures a month
3.Having a house/car or any kind of asset
4.scores double if he lives in the US.

Are these what our parents look for? Is there nothing more (leave the rasi, natcathram and jathagam)?
In a marraige where we choose our partners ourselfves , we atleat have times when we have spent together giving us a better stand in judguing a person.
But what about the arranged marraiges ..... how do they evaluate if the guy is good??
Word of the mouth? but they mostly dont give the full picture and partial pictures are mostly if not always deceptive.
And what is with this US factor that the parents are so crazy about? I even have friends who want to go to the US - reason : "machaan....US mappilaiku movusu jasthi da, nalla ponnu kadaipa".
No ,im not saying that guys in the US are bad. But what is it that makes them so special???
Money,lifestyle, and the big factor USA -jus 3 initials...........
Confused Desi's these people -- not wanting to live the way we live in INDIA and not able to completly adapt to they way of living in the US.
Ring ....Ring.
me :Hello sollu amma ....
mom: Oru US varan vanthiruku . Pakalama. Nan enna sollatum??
Aiyooooooo kadavule............