1) You already know what to do. Think of it this way, your children are going to grow up third generation American. Would you push an arranged marriage on them? The ties to India have been tourniqueted, and will wither a bit more with each generation. Quit worrying about your parents' lost cause and worry about your life.

Vid) Your life apparently isn't much more interesting if you continue to spend so much time with these people.

2) Does your business relate to the medical affairs of these people? If so, then Kelly needs to be stopped. If no... well, it would be nice if she'd shut up, but she's just going to preach elsewhere if she's fired.

3) Imagine you receive a card in the mail: "Dear Twotimer, me and Slappy Sam are giving it another go. Come to our destination wedding in Vegas and wish us luck (again)!" Something tells me you'd rather spend the time and money on a colonic. Take heed.

4) Pull down your pants and fart on the whole bowl. Then it's all yours.

I just don't get people who insist in being in one culture, but keeping the other. It's like people who move to Place B, and keep telling everyone how much better Place A was. If the other place, culture, whatever was so darned much better, why didn't they stay there?

And I don't care if it's "there were no jobs" or "we were in danger" or "there was too much persecution" or whatever. If so, they obviously it wasn't so much better!

Incog, I know that you know better than this post. Not that the issue isn't frustrating, but people will often love something that was a part of their upbringing, even if they take steps to reject it at the same time. Their culture of birth defines them (in part) as a person.

It's inevitable that huge changes (like moving from India to the US) will cause huge changes in the family. The parents of "Curry" should have known that they were moving away from the traditional Indian lifestyle, literally and figuratively.