I had no idea you were so based. I like that.

@curl-6

My wife, who is goth and a traditional house wife. Cooks dinner, cleans, is a great host, is a bit of a homebody, but also likes to go out for nights on the town. :)

Are you Indian Basil or do you just like Indian women if you don't mind me asking.

Goth house wife, that's a pretty cool combo. Nice work.

Oooh, right, I guess I should say no woman who are older than me as well lol. 

My wife is one year younger than me. 

But anyways, to answer your question, the number would probably likely be less than 500k lol. Wouldnt be surprised if its 5 digits and not 6 digits.

Thanks! Some people might find it offensive but these are the characteristics I looked into when finding a partner for myself.

No problem with asking :)!

Yes, I am from India. I was born in the Kerala state of India and came to the US when I was around 2 years old. So been living here in the US for over 30 years but my grandma and parents raised me with traditional Indian values so because of that I didnt do any dating and typical stuff youth do in the west. 

I've been married to my wife for over 9 years now, it'll be our 10 year anniversary next year.

@To everyone else in the topic to provide more info

We got married at my home town (Kothamangalam) and at the church where I was baptized - Mar Thoma Cheriapally, St Thomas Church (the church represents the Syriac Orthodox saint that I was named after - Baselios Yeldho , where I got my first name and my nickname "Basil" from as well lol.

https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/mar-thoma-cheriapally/677/

Our marriage wasnt a traditional arranged marriage or a western style marriage. Its a bit more complicated than that but in the end would only happen if both the man AND woman agree. Family weight in decision varies but it mostly comes down to the couple who are marrying. 

Once I graduated from college, I started looking and I can understand the frustration of looking for someone online - because I used a Matrimony website (we tried the traditional ways but my folks and their contacts couldnt find anyone because these days its mostly on matrimony websites. 

The experience to say was a bit....interesting cause I didnt do online dating or anything like so I guess its similar to finding a person like how people who date nowadays (granted this was around 10 years ago). There's been moments where I did find things that were frustrating like one common aspect was height, a lot of women preferred a specific height, you cant be a inch taller than their expectations or a inch shorter, otherwise they'll reject you instantly lol.

After finding someone who you are interested in, the two families (potential bride/groom, parents, sibilings and grandparents - with a few uncles and aunts) get together and talk - it felt like a damn job interview lol. After that, the man and woman get placed in a room where they can talk out what their interests, dreams, goals, stipulations like what country to move, etc are - and from there they both decide if they are interested.

Anyways, the experience was not smooth and there's been some pretty crazy stuff that happened such as....

There's been moments where I got roasted in front of two families like for an example from one woman's father who wanted me to speak in Malayalam only and not English (My malayalam wasnt as good as it is now lol) - stuff like that really pissed me off but I moved on.

There was one other situation where both families agreed and liked it - and the girl wanted to marry me but....I had a bad feeling so I was the only one who said No and then we moved on.

When I chose my wife at the end, it came down between her and one other girl. After my choice, the other girl's mother tried to spam call me and my other family members, eventually called my church to get a hold of me to ask why I rejected her daughter....yikes...glad I dodged that one lol.

I would like a cute girl as a partner, but I'm not very picky. But I wouldn't want a partner who drinks, smokes or use any kind of drugs.

That reminds me when I was at the college. I saw a very, very beautiful girl outside the school. But... She had a cigarette in her hand... Just no.