I'm an atheist who's been married to an agnostic for 15 years.

Are you two even allowed to have children?

I'm an atheist and I've been married and divorced.

PC, my alumni magazine had a brief bit about an alumna with multiple degrees who started a South Asian dating service [link] because of some of the same pressures. You probably already know about it, but, if not, maybe coming up with some other way to show your mother you're making an effort could help, since you still clearly care about her opinion.

And P-C I totally tried to get a girl in my creative writing class for you, but she is not Gujaarti (sp?).

Gujarati. And, hey, my mom has already let go of the Needs to Have a Brother requirement; maybe she'll let go of the Gujarati requirement as well.

Just notarized a Verification of Domestic Partnership" so that my co-workers partner could be covered under her medical benefits.

Yay!

You probably already know about it, but, if not, maybe coming up with some other way to show your mother you're making an effort could help, since you still clearly care about her opinion.

I haven't heard about that, Ginger! Thanks, I'll look into it.

maybe she'll let go of the Gujarati requirement as well.

If we could just whittle it down to Cool Indian Girl Nerd we could sort this all out.

Sorry about the murderizing of the spelling of Gujarati.

Date a boy. After that she'll be happy to settle for a white she-devil.

I'm getting really sick of defending my life on multiple fronts. Next time it comes up, I hope to be able to have the gumption to say, "Look, there is the issue of Why Am I Not Married and the issue of Why Am I Not a Good and Proper Hindu. THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. If you bring up the latter in the context of the former again, I will hang up."

You seem like you're getting there!

Are you two even allowed to have children?

I suspect this is why they had to leave Columbus.

Are you two even allowed to have children?

You've seen the results!

One of Liv's classmates is Indian, P-C. I'll ask her mom is she knows any nice Indian girls to send your way. Cool, nerdy and preferably Gujarati. If your mom can wait another 20 years, Shrika is going to be gorgeous when she grows up.

Sorry about the murderizing of the spelling of Gujarati.

You were close! Gujarati means from the state of Gujarat.

One of Liv's classmates is Indian, P-C. I'll ask her mom is she knows any nice Indian girls to send your way. Cool, nerdy and preferably Gujarati.

Heh, thanks. I mean, this is the thing. I am being found potential future wives by people who BARELY KNOW ME. An uncle here, an uncle's uncle's daughter's friend's classmate's aunt's dog's previous owner's brother there. This whole process is stupid. I have no idea what they're looking for and why they think any of these girls would be interested in me. And I'm not sure how to describe what sort of girl I'm looking for to my mom. I have tried and clearly failed multiple times. I'm not sure what I would say, exactly. But you have a better idea of who would actually like me than my mom.

I have found some Indian girls on OKCupid but haven't worked up the nerve to send a message. Especially since some "reply very selectively."

If your mom can wait another 20 years, Shrika is going to be gorgeous when she grows up.

Ha. MM, break out the SORAS-o-Matic!

MM, break out the SORAS-o-Matic!

Yeah, we uh, we had an issue with that. Um.

Well, to tell the truth, Dick Cheney's only 11 years old. His puberty lasted 36 seconds and warped him for all time.