social networking sites have become the biggest hubs for checking out potential matrimonial partners we explores the trend enquiring about a marriage proposal from faroff relatives is a thing of past with the online community facebook crossing 981 million users mark now the possibility of a person having an account on the social platform is high this phenomenon has now opened doors for people to peep into the social profiles of their potential partners we trace this trend in nagpur a closer look my mum always tells me to check the facebook profile of the guy as soon as i get a marriage proposal says 24yearold art teacher dolly name changed she adds when you check somebodys social profile it gives you a clear view about his traits and personality and does it help in making a decision yes it has helped me in taking a call most of the times says she and cites an example recently i got a marriage proposal and when i checked the profile of the guy i was shocked the guy was abusing most of his friends online i understand that guys abuse but abusing publically is a big turn off i rejected the proposal right away spare me similar sentiments are expressed by 25yearold hr executive vishal balchandani who thinks that social networking sites help you in knowing a person better sometimes back when i got a rishtaa i checked out the fb account of the girl and that exercise saved me the girl had her pictures clicked with several guys and that too in intimate poses i dont have a problem with a girls male friends but the closeness in the pictures surely spoke of a different lifestyle from mine which i couldnt deal with details matter according to 23yearold businessman ankit nagpal you cant get a perfect picture of a person from her social networking site but he adds you do get to know about the tiny details about a person her fave movies her favorite music and that in turn defines her compatibility quotient with you picture perfect in the case of dr priyanka patil fb has played a major role she is the one i should get married to was the first thing my husband said when he saw my picture on the internet i had got a lot of proposals and while my dad thought all of them were good i wanted something else in life ive always loved travelling and adventure sports thrill me no end when i saw my husbands profile before marriage i was like omg he loves everything that i like he had been to different places of the world and had uploaded his pictures while skydiving etc obviously i said yes immediately nagpurtimestimesgroupcom