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I'm 44. I failed getting married 15 years ago... here's why

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0:00Are you struggling to find a girl or boy

0:02to get married? I can understand your

0:05pain because I had contacted maybe at

0:07least 50 girls and I could not find one

0:10that I could get married and this was 12

0:12to 15 years back. Now I'm 44 and I have

0:16no plans of getting married. In this

0:18video, I share exactly why I failed

0:20getting married 15 years ago. Maybe you

0:23can learn from my mistakes and maybe you

0:25can find that particular boy or girl who

0:28will match and who you'll have a

0:30matching frequency. So let's get

0:31started. Now the first thing I want to

0:33talk about is how I went about trying to

0:35search for a match. So there were three

0:37main aspects. One was a neighborhood

0:39auntie which we all have trying to make

0:42the match. So maybe around three girls I

0:45might have met through her. Then another

0:48one was through relatives. Now my family

0:50is small so I don't have that many

0:52relatives. So maybe one two girls I met

0:55through them or contacted through them

0:58and the bulk of my contacts came through

1:00matrimonial websites or community

1:02websites community newsletters. So at

1:05least 25 I've contacted probably more

1:07maybe 50 plus I've contacted from that

1:10that around five to 10 girls I've met

1:12and took things further uh more than

1:15just a chat it went into meetings which

1:18I'll talk about now the first method was

1:20finding girls through the neighborhood

1:21auntie so we all have that neighborhood

1:23auntie most of the time who will be the

1:27matchmaking person in your area and once

1:30you're of age she'll ask you that uh do

1:33you want to find girls or boys potential

1:36prospects. So we have an auntie here who

1:39used to do that. So I maybe I contacted

1:44two three girls through her. So this is

1:47one of the girls that I contacted which

1:49I'll talk about. I'll call her girl

1:51number one which is a politician's

1:53daughter. So this was a caseh where we

1:56we made it clear already to this auntie

1:58to everyone who who potentially would

2:01search for a girl that we wanted a

2:03simple middle-class girl because we come

2:04from a middle-ass family. We are not

2:06very rich nor very poor. And we were

2:09expecting to meet girls in a similar

2:11like category. So not too rich or not

2:14too poor. And we had made this clear. So

2:16this auntie told us about this girl that

2:18she's she's from a middle-gass family, a

2:20good family. You all can go and meet

2:22them. So we said okay it's fine. So they

2:25were staying quite far from us. It took

2:27around 1 hour maybe more to travel just

2:29to meet them. I went with my parents and

2:32we went to their house. So the moment we

2:35reached their house we found things were

2:37completely different because the entire

2:39building it was like three floors maybe

2:41three or four floors a building was

2:43there and it was fully owned by them. So

2:45the ground floor was given for their

2:47servants to stay those who were working

2:49for them and they were staying on the

2:51top floors. So then we met the girl and

2:54the parents. So the father was the

2:57corporator of that area I think. So he

3:00was politically connected. The mother

3:02was from a completely different religion

3:04and how they may have met and interacted

3:07that might be a different interesting

3:09story maybe. So yeah everything then we

3:12just started talking and the father I

3:15mean he had such a big ego. He was

3:17constantly saying what all good things

3:19great things he has done. I mean most of

3:21the time he is spent in talking about

3:23that itself and then I got a few minutes

3:25to talk to the girl in private ask her

3:27things like she didn't want to continue

3:30working after marriage she just wanted

3:32to be a housewife

3:34so I guess they don't need it because

3:36they have a lot of money so she and she

3:39was okay the girl I found was okay like

3:41that in nature and simplicity and all I

3:44found her to be okay she was fine with

3:46that aspect of it but then the father's

3:49expectations s when we came to know he

3:51also expects like the boy to kind of

3:54stay with them to take care of things

3:56with them. So I was not okay with that.

3:59So then we talked for a few minutes like

4:01politely about things and then we just

4:04left. We'll we told them we'll get back

4:06to you and then we just stopped at that

4:08because it was not a match. they were

4:10quite rich and from a political

4:12background and expectation was the boy

4:16would be staying with them and kind of

4:18becoming a maybe a politician or getting

4:19involved in that. So I didn't want to do

4:21any of that. So I just stopped it at

4:23that. Then from the neighborhood auntie

4:25came to know about girl number two which

4:27I'll call the teacher niece. Now this

4:29neighborhood auntie was a teacher an

4:31ex-teacher. So she knew many teachers.

4:34So one of her teacher friends sister had

4:38a daughter who was interested in getting

4:40married similar age at that time. So I

4:44said what okay it's fine. So they were

4:46staying pretty close by walking

4:47distance. So we decided to go to their

4:50house and meet them again. I went with

4:52my parents to their house. So there the

4:56mother father she had a brother. So they

4:59were similar to middle class and all

5:01that was fine. And then yeah I talked to

5:03the girl and then she was more of a

5:06extroverted type. She wanted travel

5:08party. So that was adventure. So that

5:12was more of her nature that she wanted.

5:14I think she was doing MBA at the time or

5:16something as far as I can remember. So

5:19it was fine but I was okay with that and

5:22yeah we talked for some time and I was

5:24fine with that and I was okay with the

5:27girl as well. I like the girl in

5:28general. So then I came home and I said

5:31yeah it's fine if they are interested I

5:32would be interested to continue it

5:34further. Then after a couple of days we

5:37got the response from them that they are

5:39not interested. So we said it's fine. So

5:41things went on then I was trying to

5:44contact other girls at the time and said

5:46then after a few weeks or a month or so

5:49they came back to us that now they

5:51interested. So now they want to like

5:54continue things further. So my this this

5:56pissed pissed my mother off bad because

6:00she said first they say no then they

6:02saying yes. So like is it like they're

6:04not finding other boys now or is it

6:07something that now they want to contact

6:09us again. So she was really mad about it

6:11and I also didn't like that way whether

6:13it comes to job or this arrange marriage

6:15stuff. I mean if you get rejected you're

6:18rejected then there's no point like

6:20going back again trying to change thing

6:22because that that bond or or that that

6:25understanding gets broken at that times

6:27that trust kind of gets broken so

6:29there's no point continuing it so then

6:31we rejected it we said no thanks we are

6:33not interested in that next came finding

6:35girls through relatives now we don't

6:37have a big family we have a small family

6:39so this doesn't work that much well for

6:42me it didn't work but yeah a couple of

6:44girls I came to know through relatives

6:46one of these girls, I'll call them the

6:49relative's friend. So in this case, one

6:53of my relatives, her friend had a

6:55daughter who was interested. So they

6:58they asked me, the relative asked me,

7:00are you interested? Would you be

7:01interested to take a look? So I told why

7:03not sure. Then I gave my profile and my

7:06photos and whatever. Now this relative's

7:11friend had seen my cousin who is married

7:14to this relative. So they had the

7:16expectation that the family would be

7:19that way. My cousin for your information

7:21is quite handsome actually. He used to

7:23work in the airlines at some point. So

7:26completely different contrast to me. I

7:27consider myself like average or below

7:30average in the looks aspect. So my

7:33cousin was quite high in the looks

7:34aspect. So they had seen him and they

7:36are expectation or they were expecting

7:38that it would be someone like him

7:39because they would always tell to my

7:41relatives that wish we would have

7:43someone like your husband in our family

7:47or things like that. So the expectation

7:49was built that way. So I sent my photos

7:51and whatever and said fine if they want

7:54to meet I I am okay with meeting but

7:56then yeah they never got back to me

7:58because I guess the expectations were

8:00too high and once they seen my photos

8:02maybe they didn't like me. That's what

8:04I'm assuming because they never told me

8:07like what is the region they don't even

8:09want to meet because everything else was

8:11matching like the families were middle

8:13class and working background and all

8:15that stuff and same same religion

8:18whatever so everything was matching so I

8:20don't know probably that's what factors

8:23in because they they knew the relative

8:25they knew our family doesn't it comes to

8:27my mind that yeah that's actually they

8:29basically didn't like me which is okay

8:31so that got stopped or rejected or

8:33cancelled Well, at that point now the

8:35third way I contacted girls was through

8:38matrimonial sites and community

8:40newsletters. This was the biggest way I

8:43was contacting girls. I would say I had

8:45even purchased subscriptions of all

8:47these. I paid for subscriptions,

8:49shadi.com, barrel.com,

8:53community websites or newsletters, all

8:55these things. I was trying to find girls

8:57and maybe at least 50. I I don't

8:59remember the exact number but I guess at

9:01least 50 if not more close to 100 I may

9:04have contacted through all these sites

9:07over the period of time. So in this case

9:10like the usual goes on you contact many

9:12like most will ghost you when they're

9:14not interested or they are not inactive

9:16maybe their profile they just ghost you

9:18then somehow where you'll chat with them

9:21and then you'll find yeah differences

9:22are there like for example I'm an

9:24introvert I don't like partying and all

9:26I like peace and quiet things like that

9:28the girls many of them on that spectrum

9:31where they wanted partying types

9:33extrovert types going out types

9:35traveling types socializing types so I

9:38didn't fit in that category. So their

9:40things got like rejected. Some girls

9:42wanted handsome men. They they made it

9:45clear they wanted someone tall, handsome

9:47which they could show off during the

9:49chats. They would talk about it. So

9:51there it would get rejected. Some from

9:53me what gets rejected was girls didn't

9:55want to work after marriage. So

9:57personally I believe girls should work

9:59after marriage. It's not like enforced

10:01but I say it because it keeps your mind

10:02active. It keeps you active. It keeps

10:05you like focused on some particular

10:06goals. So from that angle I do want

10:09girls to be educated, girls to be

10:11engaged in some work and not just stick

10:13to the house. So there I would say like

10:16I'm looking for someone who will work

10:18actually after marriage and then that

10:20would get kind of stopped there. Now

10:23let's talk about some adventures I had

10:25with this matrimonial sites. Now these

10:28are the girls which I actually met. So

10:29they were okay with me during a chats

10:32calls and then we decided to meet. girl

10:34number one I will call her the yes and

10:36no girl so this was during covid time

10:40not covid during demonetization time as

10:42far as I remember because mod had put

10:44demonetization in the same day and I

10:47didn't have sufficient cash I remember

10:49that day because all the 2,000 nodes

10:51were stopped and only 500 nodes were

10:53working so the I remember that day maybe

10:562016 someday so yeah then we decided to

11:00meet the girl we met I had contacted

11:02through this matrimon sites decided to

11:04meet her uh in a restaurant. So I went

11:08with my mother. She came with her sister

11:10because they used to stay I think in

11:12Kapur and she was staying here with a

11:15sister. So yeah, I met them. We talked

11:18about things. Yeah, it went around fine.

11:20They also from a similar family

11:22background and I like the girl actually

11:25and I talked to her and she seemed fine.

11:27More like my types, quiet and

11:31introverted. So things were going fine

11:33and then we talked about things and it

11:36went well and we went back and I was I

11:39like the girl. So I later when we

11:41contacted back again she was also

11:43interested actually. So she said yes I

11:45would like to continue. I said fine I'm

11:47also okay and we can continue. So then

11:49we started talking chatting whatever and

11:53during that time I had to go to Denmark

11:55for project for a few months. So I said

11:58I'll stay in touch. Yeah. Yeah. And then

12:01I went to Denmark. I I was staying in

12:02touch with her there through chats and

12:05we were we would be in communication and

12:08things were going fine for a few weeks

12:10and then my project ended after a couple

12:12of months and then I I was coming back.

12:15So I told on the chat that I'm coming

12:18back to Mumbai so I'd be happy to meet

12:20you again. So there she told that now

12:23she's no longer interested which was

12:25kind of I I didn't understand at that

12:27point. And I was a bit sad to be honest

12:29because so much time was spent like few

12:32weeks and interest was shown. So I was

12:35obviously a bit sad that why is it

12:37happening because no one tells you the

12:39reasons but then I said yeah it's fine

12:41if if it's a rejection it's a rejection

12:44what we can do about it. So that's why I

12:46call it a yes and no girl because

12:47initially it was a yes which later

12:49changed to a no for whatever reason. So

12:52that ended at that. Then they came girl

12:54number two which I would call the ghost.

12:58So this girl also I met through the

13:00matrimonial site and again this girl

13:03matched really well with me. She was she

13:05was an HR executive. She was also

13:07simple, quiet, silent from the middle

13:10class. She liked to travel, they like to

13:12read and we were over the chats. I mean

13:16we came to know more about each other

13:18and then we decided to meet. This time

13:19this way we were meeting alone. So I met

13:22her at a McDonald's which we had planned

13:25to meet at because she was staying quite

13:27far. So we met in between somewhere and

13:30yeah we talked about things and things

13:32went well as we talked about future. She

13:35also wanted to work. I asked about

13:36ambition. She had ambition and I like

13:39that as well. She was she she had a good

13:42mind. She was mature. So I like that

13:44about her as well. And it seemed she

13:47liked me as well and she we discussed

13:50things as we discussed in this dates and

13:53then everything went fine and then we

13:57went home. So and yeah the plan was

13:59we'll meet again that was what was

14:02discussed when we left. So we said that

14:04okay let's meet up again and she said

14:06it's fine. Then we went home. Then after

14:09a few days I tried contacting her. Now

14:12note that this girl was quite active

14:13with me on chats before this meeting. So

14:16I tried to contact her asking her how

14:19she is but there was no response. I

14:21tried after a few days again no

14:23response. I could see that she was

14:25reading the messages in WhatsApp as you

14:26can see. Then I tried again after a few

14:29days asking if she was interested if she

14:31wanted to uh meet again but no response.

14:35And after a couple of weeks I again

14:37tried tried to contact her but this time

14:40she didn't even read my messages. It was

14:42just lying unread. So then I understood

14:45she's not interested. Probably after

14:47meeting I don't know for what reason but

14:49then I understood she was not interested

14:51and that I did that. The next in my

14:54adventure is girl number three which I

14:56called a trap through the matrial site.

14:58again another good girl profile is good

15:01working girl middle class girl good

15:03family background everything was good

15:05it's okay we decided to meet at her home

15:09so before that one mini adventure took

15:12place so father called my mother I was

15:15not at home that day so he called her

15:17and he had seen my photos and with my

15:21parents as well so he say he told my

15:24mother the boy looks a bit dark or his

15:26color is dark. My mother said yeah it's

15:29so it's skin is little like he's uh on

15:33the darker side so I said fine so then I

15:36came back home and then my mother told

15:38that father had contacted you and

15:41contacted me and or asking this thing so

15:44that really pissed me off because such

15:46things really irritated me because what

15:50is the matter of skin color in this did

15:52I ask her daughter about her skin color

15:55or things like that something person so

15:57Then I called him back and I gave him a

15:59scolding that what do you mean by asking

16:01about skin color? What what difference

16:03does it make what skin color I have? His

16:06daughter also was not like super fair or

16:08anything. She was also like whitish

16:11complexion only. So it it irritates me

16:14even more like why when people ask such

16:17questions stupid questions actually but

16:19anyways then he apologized and then we

16:21decided to meet anyway. So we went to

16:24this girl's house. It was fine. Middle-

16:26class house, family, everything was

16:29fine. We talked and all everything

16:30matched. I like the girl actually. So,

16:33she was also a mature girl working and

16:37she was good in her work and at home and

16:40everything was fine. I said, "Yeah, I

16:43would be interested and we can continue

16:45further if if you want to. So, let's

16:47talk about that later." And then we left

16:50home. When we came out, my mother told

16:53me that she has seen this girl with

16:56another boy several times on bikes or

16:59outside because my mother used to go to

17:01a particular like place to visit often

17:04and this girl would also come to that

17:06place with this boy. Now I don't know

17:08who this boy she didn't have a brother.

17:11So this boy was with her and on the

17:14bikes they used to go my mother I seen

17:16them sitting together also in places and

17:19stuff. So, so then I came to know this

17:21is this is a trap. So I don't want to

17:24end up end up in a situation which at

17:27that time maybe we didn't be aware of

17:28like the things we are seeing in the

17:30news now unfortunately. So that was

17:33situations like that where women have

17:35someone they like maybe so instead of

17:38they'll destroy two or three houses

17:41families because of not telling their

17:43parents or not not going ahead with that

17:45other person. So I just ended at at

17:47that. I didn't want to proceed further

17:49with that. Then girl number four which I

17:52would say is the friend zone girl. So I

17:55contacted many girls over the period of

17:57several months years through these

17:59different channels that I talked about.

18:01The last girl that I contacted through

18:04this channel was again a good girl. She

18:07was working class simple. She was an

18:09introvert like me. I came to know like

18:11to read like to do things. She was good

18:14at her work. She wanted to study further

18:16which I I I really like this girl with

18:18the nature of her. So we met at a cafe

18:23my me and my mother. She came with her

18:26mother and her uh brother we talked

18:28about things and there also things went

18:31well and everything was fine and then

18:34yeah then later we decided yeah it's

18:37okay and if we are both okay we can meet

18:40again. She agreed to it and I also

18:41agreed we okay and then we met met like

18:44in private. We had a couple of two or

18:47three more dates like this where I and

18:49the girl were together and talked. It

18:51was quite awkward because both are

18:52introverts and when introverts meet

18:54together unless there is a common topic

18:56which starts later on. So small talk is

18:59not that easy for us. So it would start

19:01awkward and then slowly we would start

19:04talking about things. Things went well

19:05for three four meetings we had and then

19:08I was fine with the girl. I actually was

19:10really interested in the girl. I really

19:11liked her. So, so I told my mother it's

19:14okay. We can maybe call her home because

19:16we can take things further then later

19:17on. Mother said it's fine. And then I

19:20talked to her. I told would you be

19:22interested to come to my house for the

19:24next meeting. So at that point she said

19:26that uh let's wait a minute. I'm not

19:29that interested. So let's continue keep

19:32meeting for more before we can take

19:35things further. So I said yeah that's

19:37fine if that's the case. I was from my

19:40end okay with it. After so many meetings

19:41I I found a girl really good and I liked

19:44her but then she wanted to take more

19:47time. Then all things started happening

19:50in my family. Our family people felt

19:52sick. Uh work came in between all those

19:55things and then we stopped meeting

19:57slowly. I mean things started going

20:00separately. More other things came into

20:02our lives and then the things kind of

20:04dissolved itself. If it ended at that

20:06during that time lot of things are going

20:09on in her family also she had lot of

20:11problems I also had some issues and

20:14things ended at that but this was the

20:16closest that I came to getting married

20:18or one of the points I came closest to

20:20getting married now I'm still I contact

20:24this girl sometimes she contacts me we

20:27are like kind of friends now maybe so we

20:31do hi hello hello to each other we in

20:33between so that's So I could say it's

20:35kind of this friend room situation,

20:37right? So these are my adventures over

20:40the period of several years 12 to 15

20:42years ago when I was trying to find

20:45girls and I shared all the things that I

20:47can remember there might be some things

20:49I might be blurry because it's been so

20:52many years. So these are the things and

20:55that's the reason then I failed at

20:58getting married at that time. That was

20:59maybe the peak time to get married and I

21:02failed and then slowly over a period of

21:04years priorities took place other things

21:06came work career my parents' health pets

21:11health all these things started coming

21:12and I started giving them more

21:14priorities I then figured out I mean why

21:18what's the point of getting married

21:19slowly I went into that stage that it's

21:21more better being independent and taking

21:23care of yourself and those you love I'm

21:25not averse to marriage even today but

21:28then we need to find the right person

21:29and have the right mindset if you need

21:32to get married. So I hope you can learn

21:34from my failures if you call this. So if

21:38that can help you, my failures

21:39adventures can help you find the right

21:42girl or boy.

21:44Thank you for watching and I'll see you

21:45in the

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