Most Indian mothers dread the day that their son brings home a girl or says that he’s interested in someone.
Indian mothers are generally very protective and just want to make sure that the girl in question is good enough for her son and can make round rotis.
With that being said, you know things are bad when your mother wants you to bring home a girl or asks your friends to set you up. There’s only one thing worse for an Indian mother than her son liking the wrong type of girl, and that’s her son not liking girls at all.
So when you reach the age of 30, haven’t brought a girl home in over two years and don’t spend hours talking to one every day, an Indian mum starts to worry.
But what she doesn’t realise is that times have changed and people aren’t defined by the person they’re dating. Why does the norm have to be that you’re married by 22, and have at least two children by 30? Why does society view you as being ‘different’, just because you don’t see the need to rush into a relationship?
Let’s face it, relationships aren’t the same nowadays as they were way back when. Now, people chat for a few days, fall madly in love (at least that’s what they call it) and after a few months (or even weeks) move on to someone else and repeat the cycle again.
You could set a new Guinness World Record for the most relationships in a year at the rate most people are going nowadays. So, what’s wrong with the person who’s waiting for the right person and isn’t rushing into relationships?
Nothing at all. They’re actually the smart ones.
Sure, life is short and you should enjoy every moment, but that doesn’t mean you should break hearts in the process.
It’s ok to be single. It’s ok to not have a new partner every month. It’s ok to have lots of friends and not be romantically linked to any of them.
At the end of the day, it’s your happiness that counts and it’s better to be happy and alone than miserable in the company of someone else, even if they can make round roti.
