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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I married an Indian.[/quote]

So true.

Weddings of the children is such a huge lifetime community-event for Indian parents and they have no discernment of when to put a stop at it. .

Once upon a time, weddings had all the regional flavors and different rituals and traditions and it was fun to witness the weddings of people form different states, religions etc.  Nowadays, Indian weddings are the same hybridized  and   generic weddings condensed from Bollywood cinema, Hindi serials and American dominant culture traditions.  It is uniformly blah - but there is good food, open bars, bhangra, DJ and whatnot.

We are gearing up for a wedding of a cousin which will happen in Texas (White girl from Texas).  Couple is in NY. Parents are in MD.  Already, there has been a week of bachelor party, and 1 prayer/lunch hosted by parents. There will be 1 sagaai/dinner, 1 sangeet,  1 mehndi/haldi/dinner - all of which will happen in MD. The Bride and Groom will be coming down from NY to attend.    The girl will  have a bridal shower, a bachelorette party, an Indian wedding/reception(paid by groom's side of the family),  a non-denominational wedding/reception(paid by the bride's family), a breakfast/Bidai - all of this in Texas. Are they NUTS?  And why are the kids not putting their foot down and saying enough is enough??

As a guest - our family will be probably attending 8 events of these events. I am fuming because this means around 10 really expensive outfits  for each member of my own family. I am looking at several thousand dollars in just clothing, shoes, jewelry.  Add in travel, lodging, gifts.

Though, TBH, if the bride can endure this... they will have a lifelong marriage. [/quote]

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