“Why is a married woman shamed for staying emotionally connected to her own parents?”

Описание: These words may sound like “advice,” but they’re loaded with control, disrespect, and erasure.

For a married woman, maintaining a bond with her parents is not a sign of immaturity—it’s a sign of love, roots, and emotional grounding.

Yet, in many Indian households, her connection with her maayka becomes a threat. It’s as if getting married meant she should abandon her identity, upbringing, and the people who raised her with love.

She’s expected to serve her new family wholeheartedly, while quietly mourning the slow disconnect from her old one. A simple phone call to her parents is seen as rebellion. Regular visits are treated as betrayal. And loving her parents becomes a crime in the name of tradition.

But why is a woman the only one expected to choose between families? Why does marriage have to mean cutting off one part of her soul to prove loyalty to the other?

These comments aren't just insensitive—they are emotionally abusive. They strip a woman of her freedom to love, to belong to both homes, and to honor where she came from. Her maayka gave her values, strength, and identity. Asking her to forget it is like asking her to forget herself.

No woman should ever have to apologize for loving her parents.

#SheBelongsToBothHomes
#HerParentsMatterToo
#CulturalDoubleStandards
#ToxicTraditions

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