Life1 has gotten a bit recently with thread after thread that either open with an inflammatory topic or responses that reek of myopic point of views.
Each of us is shaped by our own experiences, but we’re quick to impute the results of those experiences on others and assume that people are or act in a certain way because of external social criteria.
Here is a partial list of how one group of people view other groups of people based on some posts:
Pakistanis and ABCD guys believe that ABCD girls are loose or more free than their Pakistani counterparts. These girls will create divisions in families and are career and money-obsessed.
ABCD girls believe that ABCD guys are spoiled and liberal, and practice a do-everything lifestyle until it comes time to get married. At that point the ABCD guy wants to go back home and marry a “good” Pakistani girl.
Pakistani parents believe that the grass is greener on the other side and believe that a foreign SIL or DIL is the ticket to a better future for their own families.
DILs believe that MILs are manipulative and possessive of their sons. They want an obedient DIL who will cater to their own and their family’s every whim.
MILs believe that DILs are evil. They believe the DIL wants to take their precious son away from the family who has raised and nurtured him until the time of his marriage.
ABCD girls believe that Pakistani guys are ignorant, controlling and backwards in their thinking. The only reason a Pakistani guy marries an ABCD girl is because he wants a ticket out of Pakistan.
Guys believe women whine constantly and can never be happy. Women are jealous of one another and cannot be supportive of other women - especially Pakistani women of ABCD women and vice versa.
These are the generalizations that I’ve most recently read in threads, please add to this list
Disclaimer:The generalizations mentioned above do not necessarily reflect my own personal beliefs, but are a compendium of viewpoints gleaned from Life1 threads.
*P.S. Can a Life1 Mod please correct the typo in the title. It should read: Generalizations about the generalizers *
All I can say is there are way too many generalization happening in life1 lately. It seems like a competition of trying to prove other view point wrong. Kind of boring like Sehryh said.
Kyun, kya maine ghallat kaha? And to webmister, Allah na karay kay Life1 is closed down. May it always be aabaad with the drama that makes up our daily life and relationships
--stay at home moms think working moms are selfish and obsessed with money and are working just so they can buy a new pair of shoes
--working women think stay at home moms watch TV all day and talk on the phone with friends and don't really raise their kids
ABCD girls believe that ABCD guys are spoiled and liberal, and practice a do-everything lifestyle until it comes time to get married. At that point the ABCD guy wants to go back home and marry a "good" Pakistani girl.
another generalization… girls who migrated (before getting marrying) in their teens and twenties are better than both ABCD/FOB girls/guys. they are focused, educated, know their values. :roman:
Guys believe women whine constantly and can never be happy. Women are jealous of one another and cannot be supportive of other women - especially Pakistani women of ABCD women and vice versa.
I dont think I have read posts here which show women here are jealous of each other and not supportive. Or well maybe you are right. I didnt come across any, anyway.
Sehrysh don’t you feel enlightened when the very same people so vehemently generalize who are always pointing out others and preaching ‘no generalizations’…
Its not something that bad sehrysh as you seem to be suggesting… its good to know whats in people’s minds…
At the end of the day…generalization is only that which a person finds himself/herself offensive…i
recently with thread after thread that either open with an inflammatory topic or responses that reek of myopic point of views.
