I do not doubt for a second that women have an incredibly arduous time preparing themselves for men when it comes to marriage.

They are under the microscope and every action, look and word is overly scrutinised.

This in a time where tribal and deeply laid village values should have gone and a more liberal modern thinking applied to marriage.

One should not however forget the plight of men. They too are dissected and examined to the nth degree. Be under no illusion women.

I am fortunate enough to have now settled down and have a beautiful son.

However, I do recall the stories and the experiences that I went through, not only with parents but with the women themselves.

I have heard stories of men being asked for passports to ensure they are British citizens.

To confirm they have their own house, not even rented short term, but bought for the precious princess to live in.

Maybe she will casually call out to her husband from the top floor “Oh Imran oh Imran where for art thou Imran to massage my royal feet!”

The dynamics have changed recently though. Women work.

We all love that they work. Independent, making money, profit dollars and feel their sister Beyoncé. Awesome. No doubt.

The problem lies in Asian women, because non-Asian girls generally don’t care about this, that their man, the women who are independent, strong and buy their own things, must have a man who makes more than them and be more successful than them.

Now if a man meets a female doctor on £100,000 a year, a man who earns half that can still be successful and ambitious can't he?  She must be looking at the top 1% of society.

Maybe just maybe this will explain why there are so many single women.

Just a thought. And as a result why we are finding more and more men either single or going back home finding women, I must add, against their better judgement.

The truth is your potential in-laws and the Asian woman are very hard to satisfy. A job, a full set of hair and good background simply isn’t enough.

Where have the days gone of, "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”

By Uzair