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@Reha

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You will always have people who will critique and analyze your ways because you are different. Because your life doesnt fit their cookie cutter version of a Pakistani woman, you’re up for discussion. These things make me so mad sometimes…in so many ways Pakistanis are talented and then in so many ways…so archaic.

I really do try to understand the nature of the questioning. A polite inquiry that really seems like genuine interest in finding the right information is always treated with respect. A mocking or condescending attitude gets the same in return.

Sara, you will run into ignorance your entire life…Allah swt has made human beings in all shapes and sizes. You and I have our place and Im sure they have theirs. Unko unke haal pe chordo.

Recently, at work I have initiated a few social events because some of my colleagues are just so…searching for the right word…anti social? One of the events is a potluck. We’re a diverse group of people so its hard to organize things like this…all of us have different tastes in food. Even though I’m the only Muslim Pakistani/desi now…there are quite a few people who don’t eat pork. When I addressed this issue, we had a lady who had the nerve to send out a mass email asking everyone in the office “who the heck doesn’t eat pork around here?”. Reason? She thought it was only me who doesn’t eat it and I was making a big stink about being considerate of other peoples’ diets just for me, myself and I. She’s one of those “praise the Lawwwwwd Jesus” types that thinks everyone else is a heathen. We have only 18 people in our office, 6 of them don’t eat pork! Oooooh, the drama just so she could eat some bacon! The ignorance is so frustrating, I want to take a bat to her head but then I stop and think…why bother? People change/learn/adapt/etc ONLY when they want to.

Bhar mein jhoko aise logon ko…

it boggles me how the Lawwd Jesus people actually do this. You wuold think they would be the more caring and understanding type.

never encountered such melodramatic people in my life though.. well not at work.