Wikipedia has a good explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating More seriously, I'm a foreigner and I live in a colle

Wikipedia has a good explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating More seriously, I'm a foreigner and I live in a college town so I get many opportunities to meet foreigners. Indians also tend to view me more as a source of novelty sex rather than as a real relationship [1]. US/Africa culture gaps are also a LOT smaller than US/India or Africa/India culture gaps which sometimes makes things easier. [1] I'm not moralizing or criticizing nor am I particularly averse. One night stands are great. I'm merely at a place where companionship is as important to me as sex. [edit: I should clarify that I'm an American, I currently live in India, and "foreigner" = "not Indian".]