Tell your story#73(The story of a woman who was suddenly exposed to a different environment)😔
"Starting with the blessed name of Allah Subhan-o-Tallah,The great beneficial and the most merciful."💞💖💞
Greeting to all steemit friends and fellows💐.
How are you all?I hope you are all well and good.I am also fine and again here with a new story.First of all I want to say thank you respected ma'am @ruthjoe for organizing such a knowledgeable contest.Through this contest you give us an oppertunity to share our true stories and experiences of our life.
🌟What happened?
Friends, the story I am going to share with you today is about my husband's sister.
Friends, we belong to a middle-class family. Both my father and my father-in-law were involved in the police profession. My father-in-law owns land. That is, my in-laws are a good and wealthy family.
My husband's sister was very dear to her father, and whatever she said or requested was fulfilled immediately. It so happened that my father-in-law died suddenly. My in-laws were very upset, and my sister-in-law’s marriage was delayed. It is our custom that we do not arrange relationships outside our own caste. So, we found a match with great difficulty.
The boy was very good and well-groomed and was working in a good position in the army. My in-laws liked the proposal and got my sister-in-law married to him.
Now the real story begins from here. The house that the boy’s parents showed us was actually the boy’s uncle’s house, while their own house was in very bad condition. After marriage, my sister-in-law was kept in that bad house. There was only one room for her.
My Steemit friends, here I would like to tell you one thing: in Pakistan,there is a custom of giving dowry. In our homes, it is considered very important. My family gave my sister-in-law very valuable furniture, machinery,and everything necessary as dowry.
After reaching that house, my sister-in-law was very upset, and she refused to stay there. But since the boy was good and because we belong to a Baloch family where girls are told to adjust to their in-laws in every situation after marriage, she stayed. As a result,there was a lot of fighting between my sister-in-aw and her husband. She came home angrily many times, but her brothers reconciled the matter and sent her back.
Now she has two children. She is living there with great difficulty. All her belongings have been damaged. Valuable machinery and utensils have become useless.
🌟What I have learned from this story?
I learned from her story that nothing is worth living through useless rituals and ceremonies that cause so much damage. My sister-in-law has become mentally disturbed because her husband does not provide her proper expenses, and the house is not even habitable. The roof leaks during the rains.
I also learned that you should do proper investigation before getting your daughters married, because sometimes people show one thing before marriage, and later it turns out to be something completely different.
I would like to invite my dearest friends to participate in this amazing contest and share knowledgeable stories with us🌸:



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Thank you for sharing such a painful but important story. It is really heartbreaking that your sister-in-law was shown a good house before marriage, but after marriage the reality was completely different. In our society, especially in many families in Pakistan, customs like dowry and caste restrictions sometimes create more problems than happiness.From this story, we learn that proper investigation before marriage is very important. We should not depend only on what people show us. A girl’s peace, safety, and respect are more important than rituals and traditions.May Allah make things easy for your sister-in-law and give her strength and better days ahead. Ameen
Thank you very much dear friend for reading my post with such emphasis. I completely agree with you that middle class families in Pakistan have to face many difficulties. Especially regarding the caste community. My sister in law is also my cousin. Her marriage and mine were in the same month. She is also a great artist. Many paintings are made by her hands in our house. But maybe this is what is called fate. Thank you very much for your best wishes. May Allah Almighty bless you with success.