as someone who comes from a humble background its really awkward having to answer “so what does your dad do?” question and sit in silence watching the questioner’s face screw up in confusion when they find out your father has a minimum wage job
and the way my response has been badly received by almost everyone…either give me the same reaction you’d give someone if they told you their father was a director at a company or just dont ask me this question at all.
it's easy to point fingers but i believe most parents try to break out of the vicious parenting cycle they were subjected to. My mother was not allowed to go out or get a job but wants me to be independent, earn for myself + has no issues with me going out. This is her trying
the worst part about results day is rich people assuring you that you can get into good unis with Cs and Ds like sure, maybe you can, but the middle class kids who were depending on those grades to bag them scholarships to colleges and unis cant
thrift pages on insta will post the most phatti huwi shirt in the most marri huwi haalat and price it for 3k matlab hum sab ke sarr par chay likha hai kya
compliments from a 23 yr old man on bumble are like "yo you're hot im trynna hit that" while compliments from a 27 yr old man on bumble are like "you have bewitched me body and soul your beautiful and elegant persona entices me please give me a chance"
told careem driver to use maps cus mujhe raasta sahi nahi aata and he was like "achi baat hai larkiyon ko raastay abay bhi nahi chahiye" and then his ass took like three wrong turns to Tariq road
U call urself a feminist and fight for women's rights actively online (and perhaps irl too) but the second a woman online disagrees with your opinion its suddenly "ur a stupid dumb ugly slut" ?
r there only a few guys on bumble that are being passed around by all the girls in karachi..3 different friends from 3 different friend groups have told me abt this one dude theyve hooked up with
Ryan gosling it seems I’ve grown quite fond of you though there are no sexual urges or desires you come to me as a long lost friend whom I once picked apples with in papa’s orchard
And all she can do is try!! Parenting is quite difficult and not something that can be taught but I do see multiple examples of mothers and fathers creating spaces for their children do and achieve what they never could due to their parents/other circumstances
real talk how do you make friends as an adult living in karachi...everyone I know is busy and caught up in their own thing and i lowkey miss having spontaneity in my life
my controversial opinion is that straws should be made out of plastic and not paper...the world is dying anyway so idgaf I'd like to enjoy my drink which i CANNOT do with a paper straw
And yes most parents do have restrictive mindsets and approaches but I still feel deep down, they want to break out of the cycle too. They just don't know how, or don't realise it atleast
my only question to students who go abroad for uni: do u not get tired of speaking in english all the time...what do you do in those moments when you can just express yourself in urdu/mother tongue better
we need to bring back women being abused behind closed doors and having absolutely no say and right in what they do and how they live with zero chances of escape back 😍
watching the first episode of the office and its genuinely so unfunny...I've been sitting with a straight face for the past 20 mins do people actually enjoy this
3 yrs ago when i would take art commissions this dude came to me to get smth made for his gf, called it off cause of (im assuming) a fight/breakup and then tried to rant about it in my dms 😭
girls who are terminally online are usually ppl who give life updates to an audience every 10 seconds and keep up with all the celeb/pop news whereas men who are terminally online are usually right winged nazi freaks or incels voicing opinions they (sometimes) wouldnt dare to irl
i am in my last semester of uni....i was five minutes late to class...now i have to write "I will never be late to class again" 800 times before next weeks class
i told my careem driver "aap yahan se lelein" and he misheard me and said "itne Pyaar se mujhe abbu bola hai mujhe sunn kar acha laga" I didn't have the heart to correct him 😭
twitter is so crazy cus there's some ppl I've know since back when I was 17 tweeting stupid shit on kpop twt and now we're 22/23 graduated uni working on post grad + corporate life....sooo fucking insane