Originally posted by: AnjuRish
I dislike when they show a woman has no Identity apart from maa wife bahu types and show ambitious women as grey or evil.
Is it wrong for me to want to be Anju and spare sometime to eat what I like but fam dislikes or so something for my satisfaction . Big fat no..if I cannot be happy how can I keep others happy.
So this maa portion of Anupama gets to me more than anything. Parents should not pander but empower. Supportive yet allow us to grow as individuals not their shadow. I am totally different from both my parents and my individual journey is diff. I am much more assertive and if need be demands my share of rest and relaxation. Most of my late teen and YA life has been influenced by my bro who has always been nurturing my ambitions and supportive when in times of adversity
I totally understand your point because like you, I do believe in my individual journey which is very different from my parents.
During the initial days of marriage, my mother in law used to tell me that I should follow exact methods of her and my grand mother in law in each and every household work. One fine day, I sit and explained her that end result will be as per everyone’s choice but METHOD will be mine only .
In maid’s absence she encourages me to use jaadu for cleaning but I wanted to explore dyson v10 which is cord free vacuum cleaner. I bought it on my own . She was like this was not needed we can do with jaadu. I explained her I am techie person and I like to use smart gadgets for the domestic work also and when I working hard, it’s my right to grow the way I want to.
I clean my bedsheet, curtains , flooring everything with my dyson v10 vacuum cleaner . My mother in law likes to do the same with dandi wala kapda. That’s called difference of living style which is absolutely ok.
What is not ok is if you can’t accept someone’s sci-fi approaches in the house , do not expect from them to accept existing methods.
Somewhere this is my journey to grow as woman , as a wife and now as mother.
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