Search for a daughter-in-law is a complicated matter

I had never expected the search for a suitable daughter-in-law to be such a complicated affair. My son had his schooling in co-educational school and college and, many of his friends had selected their life partners on their own – from among their circle of friends. Thereby, their parents had no headaches. But, I was not so lucky.
Before embarking on our mission DIL (daughter in law!!), I asked my wife to check with our son if he had anyone in his sights and, once he assured that the line was clear, we began our behind the scenes activities. And, so it came to pass that we began by contacting parents of prospective brides based on newspaper advertisements.

The responses were, at times out of this world and, my wife and I realized how little we know about human behavior and their expectations. We wanted an alliance from our own caste. No matter what others may say, a permanent alliance like a marriage should be between like-minded individuals and, if the caste is same, plenty of problems become non-existent.
Obviously, caste was one of our requirements and, of course, the usual about being qualified, fair, and handsome.
Replies would come with photographs and write-ups - and, the photos would be returned with regret notes from our side. And, in order to cater to these returns, I had to maintain a stock of envelopes and postage stamps.
Needless to say, this became an extracurricular activity of sorts for my wife and me – she would get to read the replies first because those would arrive by post. Once I came home after work, she would show me the replies. And, finally, my son would have a look-in.
However, since we were unable to zero-in on a suitable bride in our initial search, we decided to insert an ad in the Times of India. (to be continued …)
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