If you’re getting Asian matrimonial pressures then you
will be familiar with the family introduction concept. I’ve had one in my life
and planned never to experience that again until I reach a desperate age.
However, at a recent family event, I was unknowingly shown a guy as an
introduction! I was slightly annoyed – not because I didn’t know about it
upfront, but because I realise with introductions comes the whole addition of
unnecessary family involvement and judgments of whether you would be a good
match based on ego, materialistic qualities and status. Traditional family
introductions I guess were the norm for our parents and a changing role today
is a self introduction through online dating. We still make an initial
judgement on age, height, career and their mug shot to see how ‘handsome’ he is
– all the basics you would also find out through a traditional family
introduction. However, I wanted to share some of my frustrations in this post
of examples of why I hate family introductions. I apologise if this post is a
massive rant – feel free to stop reading!
If you’re still with me, then here are some of the
factors of why I passionately hate this Asian tradition:
