Originally posted by: lalaland23
Just imagine, the bahu takes care of her husband's elderly parents, takes them to the doctor, provides for them etc. And the daughter comes on some random day or once in a while and complains about it and disagrees with everything she is doing. Is that okay? Who is the one actually doing the work? Or even generally if she complains about the way the house is being run. If they want to renovate the house, they might ask for the daughter's opinion sure, but priority goes to the son and daughter in law who are actually living with them.
I agree that the concept of daughter going away to sasuraal and never looking back etc. is crap, but that's not what this is about. Suppose the parents only had a daughter, no son, and she gets married, she'll still have the right to decisions in her parent's house provided they want her to make them.
That depends too
Nowadays boys marry like daughters and have seperate homes with wife
Also nowadays parents are mostly self independent finnacially in cities atleast
Hardly any son takes care of parent finnacially nowadays in city
Most sons are abroad and in other cities or even same city another house not with parent
Noawadys daughter and son in laws contribute more like taking care of parent in old age sickness etc
because son is far off or living seperate or they do not want responibility
so this concept that bahu takes care ended with our parent generation mostly in cities atleast
It all depends on what is contribution of son or daughter in parent life and home
Parents spend most money on giving good education on son and they just marry and go far off from parents abroad or other cities to avoid taking care of responsibility
Daughters were not spent that much on education by parents(in 90s and 2000s) but still responsibility of parents comes on them nowadays especially in cities.
Society is changing actually in last 20-30 years
The concept of bahu taking care of hubby parent and house was our parent generation not now (atleast in city)
Even in villages they come to city to work living aged parents behind to fend for self in most part of india now
Edited by myviewprem - 2 years ago
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