A girl walks into her new family with dreams in her eyes and hopes of a beautiful life. As urban women we might think a lot has changed, but it’s still work in progress. Many women still have to sit uncomfortably during an arranged marriage proposal and many of them still have to please their in-laws with (read: cooking and cleaning).

Even if a woman has had a long day at work, she’s expected to single-handedly run the household chores. Whether she’s doing well at work post marriage or not, no one really cares in most cases! Similarly, when her newly wedded husband gets a promotion or does well at work, the chain reaction at the ‘precious’ in-laws house includes opinions on how lucky the bride has turned out to be for the husband.

As it is, a woman accepts that she’s going to a new family and leaves all the pampering behind. Many things change and her life takes a turn. Adding the pressure of being ‘lucky’ for her husband is absolutely ridiculous.

All hell breaks loose if the husband goes through a hardship post the wedding! Everyone around the new bride terms her ‘unlucky’  and how the reason for the hurdles are the ‘mismatched kundalis’!

Enough of pressurizing women with such unnecessary comments! Women and men are born equally and are solely responsible for the choices they make or how they work hard at work.

There are others who opine how  marriage has helped one do great at work! Here’s an example!

 

 

Yes. He’s back! ??Renewed fire and aggression!! Marriage must be suiting him! ?#Yuvraj #INDvENG

— mandira bedi (@mandybedi) January 19, 2017

Kudos to the brilliant cricketer! Just saying; Yuvraj was doing great when he was unmarried too! The issue might not seem very important to many of us, but small instances like these lead to greater issues in the future.

Let them enjoy the married life under no pressure of doing good or being lucky!