Dear NeedMeSomeBuddha:

I understand the extra pressure, the cultural/ familial pressure. I was born into such a culture myself where women were to marry young, otherwise be considered failures. So as a young woman I got married just for that purpose. I remember saying  to myself: I did it, I am now not single. I got divorced soon enough but felt that the latter label was better than never-been-married.

I was wrong. Wrong thinking, wrong  acting.

I am glad your parents don’t pressure you, but I suppose you can see their disappointment, in their faces, their voices.. or things they say? I wonder if there were  conversations between you and your parents on the matter? I ask because  if you are living with them, and  aim at dating/ meeting men for the purpose  of marriage, they should  be involved somehow, because they  will meet the  candidates themselves soon enough, so let me know.

The Relationship Resume (I made up this term),  if  you want  to pursue it, let us start with the objective of the relationship you seek, make it at least   one  sentence, at  most a third page long  paragraph or so.

anita