US-Based Man Earning ₹1.6 Crore Says Marrying Working Woman With ₹10 LPA Is A ‘Bad Deal’, Internet Fires Back

The modern Indian arranged marriage market is tricky if nothing else. There are demands, often unrealistic, on all sides. Life goals, careers, personal choices, all expectations have to be aligned. And now, a viral post detailing the strict criteria of a 34-year-old high-earning bachelor has started a debate on what these expectations look like, and has also exposed a massive rift in how people view the economics of a lifelong partnership.

The conversation started when Kabir Menon (@the_psyche_lab) shared the story of his friend, a top IIT-IIM alumnus who currently works as an Associate Partner at a top consulting firm in the US making a staggering ₹1.6 crore per annum.

After setting up a profile on Shaadi.com, the man was flooded with requests

within a week. However, the vast majority of interested women earned between ₹6 LPA and ₹15 LPA. While these women expressed a clear desire to continue working after having children, the millionaire consultant found himself entirely unimpressed by the math.

The friend broke down his logic into three distinct relationship categories:

He is completely fine with a wife who has a comparable salary. They can split household chores, share equal financial responsibility, and easily afford the absolute best full-time professional help after having kids. He is even willing to be a stay-at-home dad if she prefers it.

According to Kabir, his friend is also perfectly happy with a non-working wife who has a decent intellect. With his high salary, he can comfortably fund her lifestyle and hire full-time house help so she can focus completely on nurturing their children.

But the ‘in-between’ women is where he draws the line. He argues that women making ₹10 LPA do not earn enough to make a meaningful financial contribution to a high-net-worth household. At the same time, their corporate jobs will take away the time needed to raise a family. To him, this middle ground “feels like a bad deal.”

When warned that this strict checklist eliminates 90% of the dating pool, the man simply replied that he has no intention of compromising on his preferences. The user further defended his friend’s stance in a follow-up post, asking a very direct question about gender double standards:

“Why is a 10 LPA earning woman wanting to marry 1 CR guy not wrong? But when a guy earning 1 CR refuses to marry a 10 LPA earning woman, he is called wrong. Aren’t both exercising their own choices? I say, both are right in their own place.”

Internet Reacts To The Post

The post went viral, drawing hundreds of passionate responses. A large section of the timeline took offense to treating a marriage like a corporate balance sheet. As one user wrote, “Viewing marriage as a “deal” is the real problem here. It’s meant to be a relationship built on love — and love requires adjustments, commitment, and sacrifice from both sides. Money shouldn’t be the main factor in choosing a spouse. What has happened to India?”

Another user added: “U.S settled Indian men trying for marriages have huge demands & are not realistic.😂Why would he need a comparative salary of wife if he is doing well in life? He is extreme- housewife or comparative salary.He will never get a decent girl with this mindset😀.cont.”

I have a friend in India who earns 1.6 cr per annum. He is 34 years old and works in one of the Big 4 consulting firms.

Recently, he made his profile on https://t.co/Txcv5mP8Lp and was flooded with messages within a week.

But, most of the women who pinged him have very low…

— Kabir Menon (@the_psyche_lab) June 11, 2026

Defending The “In-Between” Women

For many women on the timeline, the desire to keep working with a lower salary isn’t about competing with a husband’s millions—it is about maintaining personal dignity, basic identity, and long-term security.

An applicant in that exact salary bracket stepped up to defend her demographic: “I am one of those in between girls, and I believe we can both contribute financially (however insignificantly) and be nurturing at the same time. It is the willingness that counts more than capacity.”

Another shared: “Its not about money for girls,its about independence. She can’t keep.askong him for money every month. After baby is she really wants to spend time give her assurance that money is not important now. 6lpa r 15lpa doesn’t matter if http://girl.is good”

But one person presented a very different perspective: “Everyone in comments is talking from Financial perspective. I will present some different viewpoint. Someone who earns 1.6 cr at 34 is not ordinary person, his IQ is in top 1% of all Human Beings even maybe north of 130+! And sorry to say that he will never be intellectually compatible with someone earning mentioned incomes! If I were his friend, I would recommend him to marry his equal or not get married at all… risk of blue drum and all…”