In-laws

Mother was unhappy with all of this since the time Shubhadeep told his parents about us. ‘Dating and all is your wish, but don’t bring a Paanjabi girl into our house’, they had made it clear to him

I thought I would get to live with my girlfriend forever, that too in my parent's house. We would work hard, party harder, chill with friends and life would be easy. So the last thing I had imagined was us fighting because of my parents.

But before I could respond, Philip walked into the room and politely said, ‘No, I think it’s the other way round. Jyoti’s parents have raised her to be honest and respectful.

‘Come home for dinner with me’ - he said one evening. ‘Are your parents out? I asked. ‘No, mom is at home. I want you to meet her’. We had only been dating six months, but I was comforted to hear that. ‘Sure’, I said.