I completely agree with both HOP3_L3SS as well as EntangleDesi. I don't know what happens in the villages of India but in towns and cities, parents spend all their earnings on their children's education and well being...Its difficult to even imagine that once those kids reach marriageable age, parents would force them to get married to someone of thier choice even if the kids are not comfortable with the matrimonial match. While parental consent for love marriages is still not forthcoming (and often is acquired after a lot of melodrama), yet both girls and boys are given space to arrive at their own opinions on matrimonial issues. How else would you explain the phenomenal use of matrimonial websites??? One just needs to visit these sites once to know that even parents register their children's profile for finding the best life partner for their kids.