Am I Not Enough Without a Price Tag?

Women are nonsense too. When they demand a groom with 50lpa salary while she herself earns a janitor's salary, society bends either ways

Look outside your community or find someone else

Ig you're seeing the truth clearly. Ik marriage should be about love, not a price tag. If someone needs money to accept you, they don't deserve you.

• The right person will value you, not your family's bank balance and your worth isn’t in what they demand....it’s in who you are.....so don't stop until u find one....wish u the best :)

Only 1% of Indians may have progressed in reality. Deep down most are still following patriarchy nd old traditions. Caste creed dowry systems will never stop.

I can relate to this, I don't wanna take a single penny from my father now, I have seen him questioning himself for educating me because now educated guy asks for more money, I understand that one has the desire, but we should not burden the other person with ours desires instead we should try to fulfill it ourselves, again this is my thinking

Dp you have requirements for the groom, are you asking for someone with a high salary package, people earning great amounts are often treated as assets by their family rather than treating them as humans, so these people will put dowry demand, power your requirements, look for someone at your level, maybe a little lower, they will not ask for dowry.

I think we need to look both ways, both the girl and boy need to understand what they want in the partner. Have seen girls rejecting guys basis their salary, boys rejecting girl for dowry. When both the issues are tackled we can have a society with equality. For your question, if you are earning around 10lpa for example, then don't look for a guy beyond that and then you can say to them that why are they asking for dowry when their son earns equal to you only. And I am glad I come from a community where dowry doesn't exist at all and that is why is feels so weird reading such posts especially in 2025.

Working women and dowry isn't a combo in South. No working women is ready to give dowry here. I am getting married in few months and dowry is hardly 2-3 lakhs. Wonder who is asking 20L for a working women.

I married a non working girl without any dowry. She just brought a suitcase with her clothes. That's it.

Honestly no person irrespective of gender is spared. Society is hollow.

Girls are asked for dowry.
Boys are asked for own home && Car && land && tier 1 education.

Sad state of affairs