Relationship Hijack And Banter - 3

Good that the authorship of the whatsapp forward is clarified.

In one such video, someone should ask her about her name being used in forwards of messages not written by her. : ) Fame comes at a huge price. : )

 

Yes, that might be best. But it would mean a lot of avoidable paperwork for C, such as slowly working down that asset, and meanwhile checking for updated rules each year whether tax needs to be paid on it.

If C has no other money in India, working on dwindling down this would be a pain. Somehow I am imagining whittling away at a stick would bring more peace to the mind. : )

 

So, the household is in holiday mode, and someone forgot to soak the dinner plates last night in the sink. No ants gathered, so I forgave the errant member and just ran a little water on the plates. The subah subah, early morning : ) remembered the new era MILs thread. : ) I have a kewstin regarding the same.

It was almost a unanimous comment there that everyone, old or young, and any gender, should pick up their own dinner plates. Kind of surprised me. Putting away dinner plates was not a big thing in my family. Mostly my mother and we sisters put them away, but brother had other duties assigned that he did at the same time (bringing in all the cycles, and any two-wheelers, checking outside tap was not on, any food/papads put out in the sun were not forgotten, and any remaining clothes on the clothes-line). Father just got up and retired to wash his hands and back to newspaper, radio or TV.

When mom was not well, or the maid-servant took off, father used to do all the dishes cleaning (lots of arguments between him and mom on the water and Vim he wasted), and he happily took the broom to clean the house if we had exams. For a while, we used to take over the broom/sweeping part that was right outside the front and back doors so neighbors wouldn't see, until it became known to all, and we stopped trying to hide it. Brother has been an equal or higher contributor in household chores in his family, including making, clearing dinner.

I asked DH. And in his house also, putting away plates etc. was done randomly, and no rule that each one put away their own.

I like the concept of course. Picking up after oneself (plates, glasses, trash, clothes, socks, books, coffee cups, ...) is a life-skill and makes you easier to live with. Was just struck by the unanimity around the each put-your-own-plates-away in the new era MILs thread. Is it really such a big deal or depends on our conditioning?