Thank God!! I’m my mom’s only son…

Every woman gets married leaves her family behind and walks into a new family. It happens in India. A tradition. But nowadays families are nuclear. The emotional attachment is lost in transition. I don’t even speak much to my grandparents. Just the customary talk, Tats all.

When young, every summer holidays we used to make a trip to the village where all the cousins would come together and the big family meets and keeps the attachment tight. But then things changed. The young lot grew, exams, career and hence the summer holidays were not possible anymore. More over as we grow we learn one thing that a family is tied together by the head of the family “The Grandfather “.

Once the grandfather passes away, things changes. The otherwise happy close knit family got busy. The grandma is left alone. The boys decide not to leave her alone in the village. No matter how many differences the boys share they alternatively took care of their mom.

The daughters in laws were not used to having a mother in law in their houses. And believe me a mother and mother in law is never the same for ladies. No matter what the grandma said they never took it their heart but at times it just gets out of control.

The ladies grow but their attitude of bitching never changes. They need to bitch something or other. Their mouths never shut. Even if their mouths shut the mind keeps thinking something or the other. All that my grandma used to do was talk about others. They are like this, they did like this. And the same bitching comes back to them someday or other. Haunt them. Today because of the constant back bitching the grandma is seen as a problem rather than as an elderly person who will spread smiles around.

The grandma was never happy/satisfied with what their sons/daughter s in laws did for her.

Why don’t people grow up and understand the situations and behave similarly….         

This bitching/attitude is hated by the brothers. The brothers were caught between a mom and wife. Helpless souls they were. They can’t ditch one for the other either.   

PS: I am a lone son of my mother. Guess I don’t have to face this problem.