Category Archives: Family (Doesn’t) Matter

For a long time, I have been in depression. I didn’t know why. My mom makes me tasty food and provides everything for me. I have received good education but still find it difficult to hold my job. Whenever I am doing well in any field and think that success is near, I suddenly wantContinue reading “Cutting off ties with my toxic family!”

I come from a rich background. All my family members have their own businesses and are well-educated. Many women in the family are also educated well, and are active businesswomen. Senior people of our family are involved in charity work – and often get highlighted in news for giving donations or running activities to helpContinue reading “Beauty is the only currency that works for the women in my family”

My dad is a sweeper in a school. My mom works as a maid in several homes. We are five siblings and I am the eldest one. My parents often berate me as ‘manhoos’ (the unlucky one) because when I was born, my father had a big loss in his business and had to sellContinue reading “I am in love and I am not ashamed about it.”

My mother passed away when I was five years old. I don’t remember her much. I only saw her on sickbed in hospitals when I visited her with my elder sister. She was very beautiful but she would always cry or scream with anger – often about the other woman in my father’s life. MyContinue reading “My Dad hates me…perhaps, I am not his daughter”

Ever since my daughter was born six years ago, she has been in hospital. We brought her home when she was three months old. Until then, she was in the NICU ward because she was so weak. Even when we brought her home, she has all tubes and machines surrounding her. Yes, she has aContinue reading “My daughter is dying and I don’t know if I want her to live”

I am an adult who lives at home and not by choice but rather, because unfortunate circumstances have left me unable to support myself. My parents forget that I am an adult and treat me like a child, constantly asking me a million questions each time I leave the house and giving me lectures andContinue reading “Kidult”

Ever since my mom has bought me my phone for my birthday four months ago, she is after my life to take it away on any pretext. Every time, I fall ill, don’t feel hungry, feel sleepy, want to go out with my friends, request her to buy me a new shirt, do not getContinue reading “My Mom thinks my phone is the reason for all my problems!”