Originally posted by: Araya
Zainab's problem is that she sees those snakes as her family, the ones that bullied and blackmailed and looked down upon her and her daughter for years. The same ones that came slithering back into her life after they ousted her because she got a rich husband. Zainab and Ushna forgives and forgets far too easily, their kindness is being looked as stupidity and weakness.
Look at Raeesa, Sadaf, and Sufiyan, they never forget when you slight them. Zainab and Ushna should learn a little, how she can stay civil to these people that are ~her blood~ yet treated her worst than an enemy is beyond me.
how you can you be civil to nasty family members? in zainab's case, I do understand the logic because I have seen it in my own extended family. 🤷
my dad's side is a pretty large family and while they got along too good for a while (it was literally like scenes from those family movies), at one point, conflicts started to occur and they got nasty. part of the reason it devolved so much that my grandmother was not around and they no longer followed her rule.
while she was living, she enforced this rule -- when the siblings talk/fight, none of the children and daughter-in-laws were allowed to be there and we all had to sit in the dining room and gossip about whatever. the siblings were a rowdy bunch and kept whatever nonsense to themselves. this way, the fights or misunderstandings weirdly got resolved quickly because it was among the siblings themselves. however, after my grandmother's time, the wives got involved and it turned into a different monster altogether. lines were drawn and there were different views. no one could seem to agree on key issues regarding inheritance. it was a mess.
at one point, it was so nasty that we were planning to skip a cousin's wedding altogether. at the time, I was working in another city. then a week before, my dad changed his mind and said he had to attend for the sake of his (late) brother and never mind if the aunt and her kids were snakes. he wanted us kids to attend as well. I had to take leave and got yelled at my manager for asking so suddenly during our peak season (of work).
I was so irritated with the whole situation that I eye rolled and basically said "I do not want to attend this wedding but now my dad is saying that we need to. don't ask the family politics. if you say "NO", I am just going to happily blame you (the manager) when my dad asks. 🤷"... hahahha, my manager looked like he wanted to fall out of the chair 🤣🤣 he didn't ask what was going on and just approved my leave. so off I took the train and went. my brother and me were so annoyed that we kept whining. my parents were on edge. it was just irritating. we attended as guests, stayed for a while and left.
so does this civility among nastiness happen? absolutely. family ties are complicated and especially at weddings and deaths, people feel compelled to attend even when you all hate each other. especially among siblings, they all forget if there is some sincere apology. I have seen it happen among my dad and his brothers. however, the reconciliation was more among the siblings and not the outsiders (as my dad called the wives and adult children of some). but even with outsiders, we could pretend to follow some amount of civil etiquette when a social situation called for it.
zainab is not a fool in that she knows her sister-in-laws are still not sweet but her relationship with her brothers have been restored to a certain extent. so to not go would be a slap in their face and she won't do that.
now ushna wanting to attend after so much drama between shehroze and sufiyan seems a bit off but again, I have seen weirdo family relations -- rishta was sent for sister A, guy rejected sister A and instead married sister B a few years later. then both couples stand there pretending like nothing ever happened -- now that is odd! 🤷🤷
keeping aside sufiyan dynamics, I can see ushna wanting to attend to show and prove that she is zainab's daughter. she isn't some stranger and regardless of her adoption, she is zainab's child. so, she will attend this wedding and mingle with the lot of them.
Edited by mango.falooda - 3 years ago
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