Salaried thoughts.
I recently read a post on Quora.com that talked about marriages and salary expectations. ( The Post ) My thoughts on why this is so. (For those who cannot read the post on Quora, the question was : Why (do) Indian brides, mostly educated, who are looking for grooms expects (a) much higher income the(a)n their own?) I think it all comes down to 1. The patriarchal attitude embedded for centuries in Indian minds. "Man should earn more or he will live off my girl's money. The more, the merrier." 2. Status symbol. "Boy earns much more than my girl does. My girl is worth it." 3. Girls themselves feel "If am worth so much, my husband should be worth more." Thing is, money is used to measure worth. And not character or other reasons. 4. And men "My ego is big enough to gobble you up if you bring more bread to the family than me." Somehow, I feel in a way it is a better choice since, it'll bring in more harmony. Especially, in arrange...