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They say that anyone can sue anyone else for any reason as long as they can find a lawyer to handle the case.
Finding a lawyer to handle the case would mean finding a lawyer who can make a case for a loss that has a reasonable chance of being addressed in court. In this case, it seems the lawyer is arguing that the parents' covering wedding and honeymoon is some manner of contract. It doesn't sound like any sort of discussion about that expectation took place, so I assume the case would hinge on whether Indian culture's expectations around childbearing as a duty to one's parents rises to the level of a contract. Again, it'll be interesting to see how they rule.
Son is probably Gay and married under pressure from the parents.
Why would you assume that?? Maybe they just want to be free, travel, or get their careers on track before starting a family. Like millions of other young couples. Where does he’s probably gay come in?
I am surprised people are overlooking the cultural aspect of this. India has a completely different culture than America. Many Asian countries have a system wherein the parents put everything they have into the kids and the kids repay them by taking care of them for their elder years.
I am surprised people are overlooking the cultural aspect of this. India has a completely different culture than America. Many Asian countries have a system wherein the parents put everything they have into the kids and the kids repay them by taking care of them for their elder years.
I don't think anyone is ignoring the cultural aspect, but geez, some of these expectations are simply archaic and burdensome. What would the parents do if the son married a woman who could not have children?
I don't think anyone is ignoring the cultural aspect, but geez, some of these expectations are simply archaic and burdensome. What would the parents do if the son married a woman who could not have children?
It's the 21st century as they know it, so these expectations aren't archaic to them. Still, I side with individual determination and feel bad for any Indian who's being pressured against their will into something as major as childbearing.
I am surprised people are overlooking the cultural aspect of this. India has a completely different culture than America. Many Asian countries have a system wherein the parents put everything they have into the kids and the kids repay them by taking care of them for their elder years.
They can take care of the parents without grandkids. It's not normally grandkids that take care of the elders. They just want grandchildren to play with before they're too old, and to make sure their lineage was carried on. Yes though cultural differences certainly come into play (parents can attach wages of adult children to be supported there)
I think they feel ripped off not having grandchildren to love. I'm sure in that culture its embarrassing too that they don't have grandkids yet. They arranged the marriage, and I'm sure desire to have kids were part of the interview process in choosing a bride. They apparently bought him an $80,000 car, paid for the wedding, paid $65,000 for him to get pilot's training in the states, and supported him for 2 years as an adult.
“At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable.”
"It is a dream of every parent to become a grandparent," Srivastava told the National. "They had been waiting for years to become grandparents."
Adult children don’t owe their parents a grandchild (morally yet alone legally) in the same way parents don’t owe their children an inheritance or (to pay for) a wedding.
I am surprised people are overlooking the cultural aspect of this. India has a completely different culture than America. Many Asian countries have a system wherein the parents put everything they have into the kids and the kids repay them by taking care of them for their elder years.
Sure, but him not having kids doesn't keep him from caring for them when they get old. Actually, on that front, him not having kids is a bonus-- they're not competing for his money and time with his own offspring (who might come out on top).
Then the person did not really mean it, i.e., he grossly exaggerated or you misconstrued what he meant
It is hard to find uneducated people in India. And if the parents are spending money on the chid's education in a foreign university, you can bet they are not going to marry their highly educated son to an uneducated woman.
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