When I think of what a wife should be - soft-spoken, devoted, endlessly supportive like my mummy used to be . it blows my mind that in 2025, the so-called “modern woman” expects me to scrub dishes and change diapers instead of being the king I was born to be. LOL
Look, I’m not saying I’m old-fashioned. I drive a BMW 5 Series, I've got Louis Vuitton, I sip red wine at Sky Lounge. I get it , times change. But bro, there has to be a limit, no?
Shaadi used to mean a woman would create a home where a man could be his best. Now? Marriage feels like signing up for a glorified flatmate who occasionally yells at you for “not being emotionally available.”
My friend Rohan put it best last weekend at Aer Bar, over overpriced sushi:
"Bhai, nowadays, you marry a woman and end up as unpaid emotional labour."
Facts.
I remember once, just once, I asked my wife if she could iron my Ralph Lauren shirt because I was running late for my finance job interview. You know what she said?
"Why don't you learn to do it yourself?"
“Kya yaar, yeh bhi main karun?”
Excuse me? Is this a relationship or a corporate job description?
Meanwhile, every time she so much as changes a lightbulb, she expects an Instagram story, a handwritten thank-you letter, and a Cartier bracelet.
Bas kar yaar.
When I told her that my idea of marriage involved me working hard to “provide” and her making the house a home, she called me "entitled." Entitled! Me!
I did two summers at JP Morgan, beta. I’ve earned my sammaan.
And don’t get me started on “shared parenting.”
In my day (read: the 90s Bollywood movies I watched growing up), dads were ATM machines and moms raised the kids. Simple division of labour.
Now? I'm supposed to attend PTA meetings? Know my kid’s best friend's name? Pack tiffins?
Arre bhai, kahaan phas gaya main?
They keep chanting "partnership, partnership" like it’s some magic mantra. But don't forget, they still expect you to be their ATM machines. Women nowadays want equality but not when it comes to financing the household expenses, the house and car. Yes, they want to earn but they earn only for themselves - their shopping, their expensive holidays and restaurant outings.
Partnership doesn’t mean splitting every task 50-50; it means if I bring the money, you bring the peace.
Simple math. Basic vibes.
At this point, I genuinely think the modern woman just wants all the perks, the wedding photoshoots in Tuscany, the Maldives honeymoon reels, the last name upgrade, without doing any of the “wife” duties that our grandmothers took pride in.
And when I say that out loud at brunch?
Suddenly I’m the villain.
Suddenly I’m the insecure manchild who needs therapy.
No, darling. I need respect, not another overqualified roommate who’s too busy “finding herself” on Instagram.
Anyway, my wife is calling. Off to another “content shoot” that she’ll pretend was "our idea."
Joke's on me, I guess.
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