Has it ever happened to you that someone made a chalak statement which left you completely speechless, unable to think of something to say in return, or to which you gave a rubbish comeback? Or, were you clever enough to come up with a comeback there and then? Alas, the latter is never the case for me…
Those situations always irritate me, and I end up ruminating on what I could’ve or should’ve said! It’d be funny to read examples of scenarios in which someone has said something chalki se, and you’ve thought of an excellent comeback, be it on the spot, or afterwards lol.
I’ll start:
My khala-saas came to visit me recently, and was in my bedroom where there’s a picture of me and hubby on our wedding day. For a good five minutes, she was commenting on the picture saying how beautiful my husband looked lol, how he is lamba and chora, and looks like a moghul baadshah lol. She said said something to the effect of: tumne to itna make up pehna wa tha, lekin USS NE kuch nai lagaya aur phir bhi itna handsome lag raha hai… aaj kal ke mard make up pehn tay hai, lekin XXX nain kuch nai lagaya aur shehzada lag raha tha… main to baji (my MIL) ko keh rahi thi ke XXX bilkul moghul shehzada lag raha tha. At the time I was kind of amused that she was complimenting my hubby SO MUCH, to the point it felt like she was overcompensating for something. It didn’t bother me much so I just stayed quiet and smiled… but afterwards I thought it would have been funny if I had said: “Shehzadi ke kismat main sirf shehzada hi ho sakta tha”
Well you should be happy, why you thinking she was praising her nephew or you mil's son?! Be proud, she was praising YOUR husband :). If i were in your place, i would have not only nodded but shown verbal agreement on her comments too :).
p.s she is right about the fact that women take help from makeup and whatnot to look great but for most guys, its still just their natural looks!
^^^ yes true in some respects I was happy... but I also know it's her habit to overly praise my husband in front of me... like the other day someone made a video of him singing. He himself admits he wasn't good and I have to say he's not the greatest singer, but she was praising him like there's no tomorrow lol. Some people have habits they can't shrug
nnabid, next time you want to be snarky with a comeback but don't want to drain your batteries thinking, just say "oh yeah? so's yo face!" - no 30 minute time delay of thought process, 100% chaalak, always effective.
Lol nnabid you should b proud and you should of said faakar se aur mein is mugal baadshah ki biwi hu:)
My mil like tht my mil is my mami to she also the type of person ke saab meri tarif kare kisi aur ki nai like when i got married i brought my choice of lehnga for the weddin day and they brought the walima, soo when weddin pics came not once she praised my lengha she was like dont u think this one looked so much better on u mein lahore se liya tha yeh colour kitna acha hai sub kitni tareef kare teh when u were wearin this etc etc soo i do side with u it does happen especially jab koi apna boleh
usually for Khalas and Phoppos their nephews and nieces are like their prince and princesses. :) so chill that your husband has a dotting khala who praises him what so ever.
Nothing to offer here, just that this reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where George is agonizing over a fitting response to “the ocean called; they’re running out of shrimp.” Time for a Seinfeld marathon
Moms/aunts etc have a tendency to overrate their sons/nephew's looks. Their assessments are meaningless. I'm sure that you're certain he isnt handsome as she considers him.
As for the comeback, how about "If he looked like a moghul badhah he would have a harem"
happens with me all the time
MIL always finds ways to annoy me.I do get annoyed but am unable to find words to say .so yes after some time i realize k "hua kya hai meray sath" and then her words repeat in my head
I got to experience this first hand today! My hubby’s aunt sent us an email full of tareef for hubby.. which was perfectly fine by me. However she ended with something to the effect - “maybe you should learn a thing or two from him so that you’re not a failure at work”
I can't think of any Chalaak comebacks that I used but I have realized one thing in snarky things that ppl say. It's usually to get u riled up, they enjoy piss*ng u off inside. So if u show them (with body language and non-confrontational words) that it's not bothering u, they back off. Like ur Khala saas was doing, if u in fact take her side and one up on how hot ur husband is, she wouldn't know where to go with that. Try it next time, start doing all the talking saying exactly what she's saying but even more over the top and how u agree with it, and she'll be lost on what to do next. And act oblivious to the fact that she is actually trying to say that my nephew is out of ur league and I don't know how u ended up with him, it was supposed to be MY daughter doing raaj over him and this house (I bet it was something like that, it always is). So try it next time, say Ji aap sahi keh rahi Haen kitna blah blah blah, pull something out that u can relate and see where it goes.
