Indian men prefer to avoid a bespectacled look when they meet their potential partner for the first time, according to a new survey.
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The reason is that they believe that it will ruin their marriage prospects, indicates the survey conducted on 7,200 respondents by matrimonial portal site Shaadi.com.
As many as 34.66% of the men surveyed said they prefer a no-spectacle look while meeting their potential partner, while 39.92% Indian women said that they would wear spectacles during their first meeting, said a statement.
Also, when Indian women were asked about what they were put off by in men they met for the first time, 56.51% of them said body odour, followed by 32.04% women who were put off by bad breath while for 11.45% women dandruff was a major put off.
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When Indian men were asked the same in regard to women, 61.28% of them said women who talk loudly put them off, followed by 24.02% men who don't like women who wear a lot of make-up for their first meeting while 14.07% men said they are put off by “badly painted nails”.
{{/usCountry}}When Indian men were asked the same in regard to women, 61.28% of them said women who talk loudly put them off, followed by 24.02% men who don't like women who wear a lot of make-up for their first meeting while 14.07% men said they are put off by “badly painted nails”.
{{/usCountry}}According to Gourav Rakshit, chief operating officer, Shaadi.com, the "survey indicates that despite changing times and lifestyle, first impression is still very important when a boy and girl meet for the first time".
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