We’ve all been there before. Maybe she turned you down because you weren’t\nwealthy. Perhaps your career wasn’t prestigious enough. Or it could have\nbeen something entirely materialistic, like the fact that you drive a red 1980\nDatsun 210, which is a fine automobile, dammit. Be grateful, because it could\nbe worse — she could have turned you down because of a lack of water:<\/p>\n\n
\nAn acute water shortage in central India has made it tough for men of one\nvillage to find wives, because families are reluctant to condemn their daughters\nto a life of hardship … “In rural India, it is the duty of women to fetch\nwater. When people come to know that their daughter will have to trudge several\nmiles to fetch a couple of pots of water after marriage, which parent will agree?” the\n(Economic Times) quoted one sociologist as saying. [Reuters\/Yahoo!<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We’ve all been there before. Maybe she turned you down because you weren’t wealthy. Perhaps your career wasn’t prestigious enough. Or it could have been something entirely materialistic, like the fact that you drive a red 1980 Datsun 210, which … Continue reading