A Bride Or A Maid

My in-laws came to my house for the first time to see me. I am sure every Indian girl hates this nautanki of sitting ready at              home, waiting for the guy and his king and queen parents to come home to give your face the approval.

      “Can you cook?” “What all can you cook?”

       Thoughts buzzed in my mind angrily, “Are you looking for a cook, or a life partner for your son?”

          The son sits and listens politely while his father starts with a tirade of questions,

“Do you wake up at 5 every morning? You must in our house, I like to drink tea at 5.”

I finally raise my head to look at the guy I am supposed to get married to. I wanted to see his reaction to this. What the hell, his face is nonplussed. Horribly, I realize he thinks his father’s words are to be abided by.
Instead of saying anything I keep quiet because that is what my parents had taught me to do. "Shut up and let us handle". So I stayed shut, while kicking myself in my head.
His mother asks, “So you have a flat. Who pays the EMI? How much do you earn?”
My mind was numb by then. I am supposed to be an IT engineer who is a Manager in office, but who can’t open up her heart to her 'so-called' would-be family. Somehow, I noticed that the guy was nice, even though his parents were getting us married because my father was richer than them.

I wanted to really ask this question from everybody out there, especially to guys: When a working girl gets married, she brings in her salary, her ability to become a mother, she works in your house even after coming back from office, and in my case I even have a house of my own. What do guys bring in to the marriage? What? You guys go to office and come home and just sit and get served, either from your mother or your poor wife.

Thanks to Poja sharing her experience with me.