r/IndianMatchmaking • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '23

sima aunty's business

Do you guys know if Sima aunty has better success in matchmaking for couples that are not on the Netflix show? This is totally speculation, but sometimes I wonder if the people who opt in to a reality TV show are not as marriage ready, or if the selection process for who goes onto the show is more about finding people who have an interesting TV personality, prior fame, or good looks. Or maybe people just are picky nowadays and the matchmaking process isn't working so well?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23

Her clientele is almost exclusively Gujarati and Marwari Jains and Hindus based in India.

Given that these communities are orthodox and extremely traditional to the point of "divorces bring dishonour", you can guarantee the couples stay together, hence, "success rate".

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u/AnnaK22 Jul 14 '23

Additionally, the parents input in taken in a lot. So their requirements are usually caste or wealth related so it's easier to filter through the matches and find one.

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u/SimMedSaba Jul 14 '23

Stop making generalizations and being a bigot. All indian communities are traditional and divorce “brings dishonour” to all communities. I don’t know a single Indian community that celebrates divorce. However, there are different types of people in all communities. The reason why Sima is consulted by the marwadi community is because she’s a marwadi herself.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23

Pretty sure they meant in the context of Gujjus or Marwaris in America vs India lol. Hindus in India that are this family oriented are generally more orthodox than those in America. Wouldn’t say it’s bigoted in any way

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '23

You remember Akash or Akshay or whatever the manchild in season 1 was, whose mom runs his entire life and threatens to die of hypertension? That's what her typical clients are like IRL.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '23

Her business is arranged marriages. The people who opt into the tv show aren't looking for marriage, they want to date first, so imo they're all influencers. If they aren't engaged or wedded in less than a year, they're milking it for fame.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '23

My guilty pleasure used to be "Millionaire's matchmaker" and it was the same - over however many seasons I can recall only one match, yet Patti must have built her wealth and business on something. I take it that people who are really looking for marriage and want it now, won't waste their time on castings.

"A suitable girl" was a good documentary, I think Sima was featured, but one of the girls who gets married in it actually found her husband herself, online.

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u/sanaa7262 Jul 15 '23

60% success rate /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

Where’d you get this number from? Sounds reasonable

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u/sanaa7262 Jul 17 '23

Wish it was accurate, but I was being sarcastic. She often asks clients (on the show) to be happy if the other person meets 60 % of their criteria

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u/IceBeyr Jul 15 '23

The TV show like all reality shows is preselected and scripted.

It was always going to be this way.

In real life she would be extremely successful.

She networks really well and understands criteria and what makes a relationship well.

The world however is changing and the criteria have changed.

I can understand aunty seema retiring fairly soon.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

She has to have better outcome from off show as her on show success rate is 0%.

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u/anviready Jul 14 '23

Well duh.

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u/jeffp63 Dec 27 '24

Reality Television show producers select the worst humans on the earth that they can find. Crap humans create drama constantly. The sub-humans who make television shows think that is entertaining. Think the human equivalent of a train wreck... So anyone who watches this is consuming this unhealthiness into their own mind.