DOTW: How Much Should Wife Change??

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Posted: 14 years ago
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Since Friday,s episode, I have been thinking about friends and realatives I know, who have changed there life style and personalities for there husbands. Some did comfortably as they themselves were not happy they way they were,and some did because if they didnt do it " WOH KAHIN AUR JA KAR APNAY SHOAK PORAY KAR LAIGA", this line may sound filmi but its true. I know quite a lot of ladies, who say there prayers( namaz) at time when husbands are not around as the husband dont LIKE his wife to do something which is so OUTDATED. I have seen them wearing clothes which make them uncomfortable but yet they do it as husband want them to be like that.
My question is how FAR, what is the LIMIT and WHY always WOMEN??? I have accepted my husband the way he is, and he SHOULD accept me , yes there are times when I wish he wouldnt behave the way he does, but then I can reason it but cant OREDER him, I want to be treated the same way . I do things which makes my husband happy because I LOVE him and because I dont have to COMPROMISE on my MORALS and my VALUES, if he would want me to wear western dresses , I would wear it if its covering me according to my VALUES, but if it doesnt then I wouldnt even wear desi dresses which doesnt . I would not be a show off peice for him infront of his friends, but if he would want me to be with him as his life partner and with respect then I have no problem in going out and meeting his friends and colleagues, but at the same tme I would not tolerate any of his friend making me uncomfortabel.
Share your thoughts as I am fully with Badi Maa here, she couldnt compromise with her values, its good that she didnt change
My sister in law is my ideal when it comes to keeping her own identity, her husband was VC of big foriegn bank , parties all the time , my sister always attended the parties in Sarees, her desi make up style and never tried to pretend what she was not, didnt speak English , so never pretended that she can, we knew that some of other Desi BAIGUMAAT(Mrs.) use to make fun of her but that didnt bother her, husband gave up on changing her, guess what , she was very popular with GOORAS and GOORIS as she was honest and simply loving person, which mattered the most.

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Posted: 14 years ago
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sheema di...this si going to be very tough for most of us here as we are not married yet..😉
but here are my thoughts....

i agree with whatever u say...each woman shud keep her identity and not change herself into something she doesnt like...

now i will never change myself into something aim not comfortable...😉

but saying all this..i do think for a couple to be successful..a few changes have to be done..as badi maa said their wishes and thinking shud match...and for that changes has to be made...but those changes has to be mutual....its not only from the woman's side...

and iam totally for badi maa...she wasnt comfortable wearing western outfits so she did not wear it..and bade papa should have understood her for what kind of a person she is...and he shud have made a few chnges to himself...bt he wanted to be the person who he was and wanted to do things that he liked and wanted to do....so there is no mistake from badi maa's side for not changing cos in their relationship...it would have been easier for bade papa to change....


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Posted: 14 years ago
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Going to make this topic a DOTW!!
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Beautiful post Sheema....

I always feel the same way as you about women, but thats the reality. God made women with such a mental power that "She" can manage everything... At the same time "emotional" too... So yes, we are mixed up with all kinda emotion. I am really proud that I am a woman because living as a woman is the most challenging thing. In every field, not only in our personal life, each nook and corner like work place, market, road....we face problems, but that the structure of different places. Here in US, i don't think women will think or say as we say now, because they have very different life style. So i will say, its all a part of our life through which we are moving.... See everything positive, Take everything Positive and Think everything Positive....
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: Angelic_A

Going to make this topic a DOTW!!


Good Aman... We have to discuss all these .... Its really meaningful...
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Posted: 14 years ago
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I am not sure why some people believe that women can't be compared to men?? And thinking that a women should change within the principle and morals of her husband is totally wrong. Such relationship will never work (even though I know there are a lot of women out there who are trying to make that relationship work). I mean there is perfect understanding a relationship needs in order for it to work well. Its like saying you can't clap with one hand. Both hands must join in order to clap. If both don't compromise to make the relationship work then it will never work. Now I am not saying that one should change their beliefs. In this situation of Badima, her husband wanted to change her according to his belief which is totally wrong. If he first thought that he couldn't love badima the way she was then way did he marry her in first place. I know there could have been family pressure.. but its better to go against the family in the first place then after. Now he ruined Badima's life and def. broke his family's trust.
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Originally posted by: Angelic_A

I am not sure why some people believe that women can't be compared to men?? And thinking that a women should change within the principle and morals of her husband is totally wrong. Such relationship will never work (even though I know there are a lot of women out there who are trying to make that relationship work). I mean there is perfect understanding a relationship needs in order for it to work well. Its like saying you can't clap with one hand. Both hands must join in order to clap. If both don't compromise to make the relationship work then it will never work. Now I am not saying that one should change their beliefs. In this situation of Badima, her husband wanted to change her according to his belief which is totally wrong. If he first thought that he couldn't love badima the way she was then way did he marry her in first place. I know there could have been family pressure.. but its better to go against the family in the first place then after. Now he ruined Badima's life and def. broke his family's trust.


I also don't understand why people want to compare man and woman? No man can become woman and vice versa... Then why we need to think all these...

@Aman...so true dear... Bade Papa must have did all these well before marriage...At least he must have told Badima what his expectations are ... Or Badima must have tried from her end to see how she can be a matching wife for her husband... You know what I understood from their issue... "Please speak up if you have any problem with your life partner, Don't let it go like that. Talk, understand, adjust and solve..." This was missing in between Bade Papa and Badima...and so all these happened....
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: crysind


I also don't understand why people want to compare man and woman? No man can become woman and vice versa... Then why we need to think all these...

@Aman...so true dear... Bade Papa must have did all these well before marriage...At least he must have told Badima what his expectations are ... Or Badima must have tried from her end to see how she can be a matching wife for her husband... You know what I understood from their issue... "Please speak up if you have any problem with your life partner, Don't let it go like that. Talk, understand, adjust and solve..." This was missing in between Bade Papa and Badima...and so all these happened....


I think the fact that Badima's husband thought that Badima needs to change herself made this relationship not work out. Because he had a set of frame in his mind.. that he expected Badima to be in. And whether they talk or not would have not mattered at all. He would have need to change his thinking style inorder for the relationship to work.

Take the case of Panna and Raunack. Panna's MIL doesn't like her at all. And they only reason why Panna can survive in that family is because Raunack is supporting her. And even though Raunack has this high thinking of being in the 1st class.. he never wanted to change is middle class Panna. This is the reason why their relationship is working.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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@Aman...nice point made abt raunak-panna...\

bt panna is still living adjusting with her MIL..meaning she is trying to balance her inlaws and her husband..in this case her husband supporting her...

in badi maa's case...badi maa had her inlaws love...then why din she recognise the missing of her husbands love...is that after all these happenings badi maa turned into "badi maa"..understanding and matured??if badi maa is saying that she did not understand that situation...does she mean if she would have understood she would have changed herself and worked their relatiosnship...??
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Originally posted by: Shwets1502

@Aman...nice point made abt raunak-panna...\ 😃

bt panna is still living adjusting with her MIL..meaning she is trying to balance her inlaws and her husband..in this case her husband supporting her... See her FIL supports her but its only her MIL and I think because her FIL supports her she doesn't have any problems adjusting to the family. As she knows that her MIL only has this illusion that only her family is perfect.. once she gets out of that she will start to understand Panna..

in badi maa's case...badi maa had her inlaws love...then why din she recognise the missing of her husbands love...is that after all these happenings badi maa turned into "badi maa"..understanding and matured??if badi maa is saying that she did not understand that situation...does she mean if she would have understood she would have changed herself and worked their relatiosnship...?? I was kind of confused with her words too.. in a way i think she wanted to work out the relationship yet in another way It seems like she is happy that he was straight forward with her and how he felt Badima wasn't the one he was in search of. So not sure what to make out of the way she talked.

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