when…
–you tell your parents you got 98% marks in an exam, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
– You make tea in a saucepan.
– You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
– Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn’t talk to her for ten years.
– Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
– You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
– You know no one who has studied music.
– You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
– You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
– You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
– You say you hate Indian films (songs) but
secretly watch (hear) them
– You teach Westerners swearwords in your
language.
– You order Pakistani food in English language to impress the people you’re with but the waiters don’t understand you.
– You secure your baggage with a rope.
– You’re walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all possible members of your family who have come to pick you up.
– You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage that is just 80 lbs. overweight.
– You go back to your parents’ country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.
– You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles just to get to school.
– You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go.
– You have annoying nicknames.
– Your parents call all your friends “Beta”.
– Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage on you and try to demonstrate how well it works whenever they’re not fighting.
– Your parents compare you to all of their
friends’ kids.
– If you are living abroad, at least once a week your mom says, “I want to go back to Pakistan”
– No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.
– Your parents worry what other people will think if you’re not going to be a doctor or engineer.
kissi ka yooN to hua kaun umar bhar phir bhi…