A life story

I'd like to share a life story with you. One of our dear Nepalese friends is 24 years old and is the oldest son in a Brahmin family.
Brahmins are the highest cast according to Hindu traditions. His family lives in a village a few hours from Kathmandu and they are very conservative.
When he was 16 he moved to Kathmandu all by himself. For many years he'd been suffering from seizures and even though one of his aunts died from having a seizure and drowned in her own backyard, our friend's father refused to seek a doctor for his son. God would cure him.
When he moved to Kathmandu he went to the hospital and after a few years of medication he was fine.
He started at the bottom in a clothes shop and today he manages the shop and runs a successful cargo company. Our friend has always been very driven.
Now his both younger brothers have moved to Kathmandu and he takes care of them financially since his parents don't have that much money. Imagine what a difference from moving to a big city all by yourself when you are just a kid.
It's the current situation that I want to share with you.
Since he is the oldest son, his father has been calling every day telling him that he must get married. And why is it so urgent, you might wonder.
I'll tell you why. His parents are getting older, even though they still have the health, and the oldest son's wife is bound to live with them in the village to take care of them and all the housework.
Our friend is a modern guy. He drinks alcohol, which is a huge No No! when you come from a Brahmin family and he has had several girlfriends.
One of these girlfriends he broke up with the same day last year when we met him for the first time. He is a passionate man who needs love in his life, but the only girl he could consider that would be suitable for his parents was this girlfriend.
For the last six months the father has been calling every morning about the marriage and the same goes for this specific girlfriend, who he broke up with since he didn't love her anymore.
She is 20 years old, living in the next village and she also comes from a Brahmin family. Her parents started pressuring her that she had to get married. Every morning she called our friend, crying her heart out and begged him to marry her. She knew her family would pick a suitable stranger and marry her of in a couple of months unless he came to her rescue.
When they had a relationship no one knew. That's how it works here.
Our friend had this pressure over his shoulder day and night for months. On one hand this girl would be good for his parents on the other hand he didn't lover like he imagined he would love his future bride.
The pressure got even worse a month ago when his parents told him that they were going to the astrologer. They never talk directly about things, but our friend understood that they had found someone for him.
He went to an astrologer her in Kathmandu to check that he and this girl was a match according to the stars, (you can always pay a little extra to make them match), because one thing was for certain. He would never ever marry someone he hadn't chosen for himself.
For weeks he's been tormenting himself. It's been hard to see him suffer. I know he wants to travel and build a house on the land he just bought, but he must get married when next wedding season starts, in mid November.
He finally told his parents that he has chosen this girl and they wasn't too happy about it. Probably they'd already promised another family to take in their daughter, but now everything seems alright.
The girl cried for a whole day when he said he was going to marry her.
Even though he has decided to marry her, he isn't completely convinced that he is doing the righ thing for himself, but at this point he has no choice. He is forced to get married to her (or someone else).
This is the harsh reality in Nepal today.