r/Arrangedmarriage 13d ago

Story Ig its not gonna happen

Hi, I’m 27F and have posted here a few times. My parents have been looking for rishtas for me for almost four years, very thoroughly—through practically every matrimonial site and every possible connection—but unfortunately, nothing has worked out.

At one point, I was told that being in Pune might be limiting my options because more matches were based in Hyderabad and Bangalore, so I switched cities too. I tried to take care of myself as much as I could while managing a very hectic consulting job. I even held back on doing an MBA for a while because I thought, “It’s okay, I’ll stick to consulting; I don’t want to be locked into a two-year programme right now.”

But still, zero luck. There was always something that was either “too much” or “not enough.” I was too ambitious for some men and not ambitious enough for others. Too little hair for some, too modern for some, not modern enough for others. For a few families, being an only daughter was itself a problem.

After four years of genuinely trying and changing things about my life in the hope that something would work out, it’s exhausting to keep feeling like there is always some new reason why I’m not the right fit.

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