Vault: Arranged Marriages

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Vault: Arranged Marriages

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0:00.0	The Bert Show. Yes, arranged marriages still happen. I mean, they happen right here in this country.
0:05.4	Julie is a Bert Show listener, not her real name. She's going through the process right now with her parents. Hey, Julie.
0:12.0	Hey. Hi, you're on the voice disguiser. Nobody can recognize your voice.
0:16.2	Okay, that's good. All right, where do you want to start? Because as I'm reading your email here, there are a couple of different levels.
0:22.7	So why don't I just throw it back to you and you just take it where you want to start?
0:27.4	Okay.
0:27.9	Well, ever since I graduated from school, I got my undergraduate degree.
0:32.9	My parents have been forcing me or telling me that I should get married.
0:37.8	I've reached that prime age of 23, they get married.
0:41.9	All right, let's stop right there.
0:43.0	Prime age 23.
0:44.4	You're at the prime age of 23 years old, and it is time to get married.
0:49.2	Yes.
0:50.0	Okay, now, your parents are from this country or from another country?
0:55.3	They're from the same country.
0:57.6	They're from here.
0:59.0	No, no, no, no, not from here, from where this guy is from.
1:02.1	Can you tell us what country that is, or are you not comfortable doing that?
1:06.0	Um, let's just say they're from India.
1:07.9	India.
1:08.2	Okay, go ahead.
1:09.6	Okay, so they believe I should be getting married.
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