OMG so many teejs......... every month teej itna vrat. Do u guys really fast for your hubby? Mine kabhi bhi fast nahi rakha hai. He does not like it and I can't stay bhookhi. As it is I'm so dubli patli by indian standards. My MIL has also never really asked me to fast or do pati puja. Have never realLy felt the need to fast to prove my love & DEVOTION. But I'm ok with people who believe in these things but I think DIL shd not be foced to fast by MILs. One shd follow ones heart.
I think exactly the same way as you do. I need food three times a day! My husband and I do not believe in fasting for pati hence I do not fast. Fast karke phir saara din sochte raho ki kab khaneko milega to phir kya faayda? Hoever MIL is different story. She indirectly tries to indicate but as long as no direct compulsion is given (which I am sure will never happen) I am safe.
I so agree that things like this should be felt from heart and should not be forced.