Reply to Question for Indian famiies

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Question for Indian famiies"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think this has anything to do with them being Indian, either.

-a Punjabi married to a South Indian.[/quote]

Could it be that in traditional North Indian culture, the oldest son is perceived as being the most responsible and is often the favored one, and that's why they choose to spend more time with him and his wife rather than the younger sons and their families?[/quote]

Well North India spans a lot of very different regions.  I'm North Indian and have not seen a specific and obvious preference for eldest sons vs other sons, especially one that would constitute more visitation. Preference for the more responsible son, Yes.  But the more responsible is not always the oldest.  Whether it's the case or not, it doesn't seem to fit with the OP's situation though.

It's seems very family specific and the OP seems to think it's more to do with the fact that they are Indian.  You could take any situation and if there is minority involved it automatically becomes due to the minority, rather than the very generalized issue that her ILs visit too much.

Anyone could write, "my ILs visit too much, what should I do to stop it?"  And get much more specific answers, rather than- "My ILs are Indian and visit too much, why is that?"

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics