Meet the Patels Page #3

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hung out with Indians,

I watched Indian movies.

Outside the house,

I was American Ravi.

Hi, Ma!

I spoke English, hung

out with Americans,

watched American movies...

My, my dating history is short.

Growing up, dating wasn't allowed.

In fact, if a girl

ever called the house,

- there was an interrogation afterwards.

- Right.

The expectations were clear,

I was gonna have a

perfect Indian wife.

She'd be a wonderful

mother, a great cook,

that was the plan.

So I was shocked

when the first girl I

really fell for was...

Hey, we're on hayride.

A redhead from Connecticut.

Doe, a dear a female deer.

Audrey was my first and

only girlfriend, ever.

Okay, I look a little weird

because, um, I'm on night vision.

We're gonna get in trouble!

You're really high up!

You know, we were pretty serious.

Um, Madonna, Snoop Doggy Dog,

oh, he's a, he's a painter,

he's a computer guy?

What?

She has so many amazing qualities.

I mean, just that she could

dance at a drop of a hat

for no reason.

She has a lot of sensibilities

that most 50-year-old

mothers have...

She loves a good how-to book.

- Any puppy videos...

- Aww.

If there's a video online

where people are crying,

she's watching it

and she's crying too.

I mean, we were

together for two years,

and it definitely felt like,

"Okay, it's time to tell Mom

and Dad that she exists."

That was good, right?

But somehow, there was still

something else inside me,

like in my gut, that just didn't sit well,

and I didn't really know what it was.

Is there a term for it, the Indian Problem?

I said, "Look, I just can't

live this double life anymore.

"You know, I... I can't hide

this relationship from my parents,

"it's not fair to you or them."

And I, I don't know, I

just couldn't do it anymore.

So...

We broke up.

It's not the idea of marrying

a girl that's a problem,

I, 100%, I would get married...

You know, I'm 29, I want to be married,

but for me specifically, I don't want to...

You know, doing it like a job interview.

In a best-case scenario,

I think I could marry a girl

six months after meeting her.

Hey, that was different though, man.

No, no, no, no.

I know the process!

No, no, no, no.

Right.

It gets me stressed out

just thinking about it.

I think I just never questioned

that I would find the girl I want

and I would find her in kind

of a normal, American way,

like in the movies...

- Ray!

- Excuse me

- In the middle of nowhere...

- Can I help you?

it would be romantic...

You complete me...

You had me at hello...

And I wouldn't need my

parents to do it for me,

cause it's pathetic!

- I mean, they're setting up the dates.

- Right.

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