Re: Is this friendship illegal
Thanks for the reply redvelvet. Great to see u again and great to read all your advice. I know ure joking..not sure if her or her husband want me that much in their lives lol..but i have gupshup and friends here to keep me immersed in Pakistani culture. I dont know if people think im obsessed but i cant seem to help it. I watch Pakistani dramas, have a few real life Pakistani friends and a nunber of online Pakistani friends but always on lookout for more. :)this time it seems my real life pakistani friendship world and online world are merging into one. My Pakistani friends here are born and brought up abroad. My online Pakistani friends are similar to her. They are religious, some liberal some conservative, have same type of dupatta and are easy to talk to. But like with friends online who live faraway sometimes they are there and sometimes they disappear for a long period of time. So in her ive found both types of friendship. Sometimes i worry i will overdo helping her and it might be seen as a problem.
I genuinely want to help her out because we have a connection. She moves from Pakistan 2 yrs ago and only knows family friends from her husband’s side. Both sets of parents are in Pakistan. Her mother in law is visiting till this weekend and then goes back. She says her mother is bed bound and cant travel. I suggested she stay in contact by skype video.
I rarely post questions here but i feel people here can help me out most. I dont think im doing anything great. Life is short and if have some knowledge which can help people we should. We live in Australia where there arent as many Pakistani organisations as the US, UK or Canada.
I found a few Muslim womens organisations that run classes. She said she will go when her 4 week baby is older. Right now she is feeling too overwhelmed with taking care of her baby who is having sleep issues/being unsettled. She was telling me how she had many friends in Pakistan and they would hang out. Here she feels bored but doesnt have to be that way. When she finds right friends and right support her life here can be the same. She can do some work from home later on like teach Urdu. She said when she is teaching her child she will teach me as well.
United Muslim Women Association Inc. muslim womens association australia..
Contact Us - Australian Muslim Womens Association ek aur unka number hai
They have a timetable of classes
https://www.babycenter.com.au/g25005355/muslim-mummies
Then i contacted this Pakistani paper called sada e watan and emailed them about pakistani groups and especially mothers groups in the area. I am struggling for any Pakistani specific info that can help her in australia
I sent her a few ost of dramas i like. She might want to watch them.
Does it seem like im doing too much or going overboard?
I am going to tell her to join gupshup if she goes online much. She can really benefit from the forum on mother’s issues.