Re: Rishta woes
Sometimes they don’t have your best interests at heart. My parents didn’t. The first guy they married me off to was solely because he was my Dad’s nephew and his Dad had passed away . . and OH YOU SHOULD HELP HIM and OH, you’re raised here and he’s raised there so he’s more religious than you. And, I stupidly went along with it partly cause I was dumb and partly because I was sixteen and partly because I wanted to make them happy. I wish I could go back to that moment and slap myself. . . But it’s all good. I’m happy now with my husband who I found myself and they deal with him but initially they couldn’t stand him. Why? Because he’s not from Pakistan. He is the best thing that ever happened to me Al-Hamdulilah. So my point, parents are supposed to do what’s best for you but sometimes they don’t. They’re human too and can be motivated by other things than doing what’s best for their child. In my case, it was my Dad doing what’s best for his nephew.