Nita never knew that her life
will change completely after her marriage. She was just an engineering graduate
and immediately she was married. She always wanted to do a job, but her husband
told her that she need not work and be a house-wife. But despite her husband
telling her not to work, she started searching and applying for jobs. Since she
had less percentage, she had great difficulty in searching a job in IT. But
even before she got a job, she realized that she was pregnant. All her dreams
were shattered and since she had some complications during pregnancy, she decided
that she will not search a job and be a house-wife as per her husband’s wish.
Soon the kid was born and
unfortunately her mother-in-law was diagnosed with critical illness. Her husband’s
earnings were not enough for the treatment of his Mom and also to take care of
the house-hold. Day by day the expenses increased. So after discussion with her
husband, Nita again decided that she will do a full time job. She applied for a
job in BPO where her husband was working and was called for the interview.
Nita was unable to concentrate on
her interview preparations as she was a Mom of a 8 month old toddler. Plus she
was taking care of everything at home alone. On the day of interview, Nita was
completely exhausted due to the house-hold work and the kid. She could not
clear the interview and due to the rejection, she went into depression. She
felt that she was a burden to her husband as he had to take care of his
parents, herself and the kid and even decided to end her life.
One fine day they went for
counselling and arrived at the conclusion that the husband should help Nita.
Her husband loved her a lot, but he was too busy with his job. He decided to
change for Nita’s sake. He agreed to share the load. They did not have any help
at home. The couple and the kid were staying alone and the family was residing
in the remote village in Karnataka.
She admitted her kid to a
day-care near her home. She started searching for a job with new hopes and this
time she was successful. Her husband helped her a lot. He helped her with the
job search and even took mock interviews to prepare her for the interviews. While
Nita cooked food in the kitchen, her husband bathed the kid and even used to
feed food to the kid. Nita fully concentrated on the kitchen and her hubby took
care of the kid. She used to wash the laundry in the washing machine, but her
husband used to help her to dry the clothes.
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Nita would start cooking breakfast
and lunch at 6.00 Am and her hubby would wake the kid, brush and bath her. He
would then feed the kid and after having their own breakfast they would drop
the kid to day-care and go to office. After returning home, both used to do the
house-hold work together.
On weekends, Nita’s hubby would
always go and do the weekly grocery shopping while Nita would take care of the
kid at home. When the kid was sick, they would take turns to stay at home to
take care of the kid. Soon Nita was
promoted at her job and due to her job they were able to spend decently on the
house-hold as well take care of the ill mother-in-law. Sometimes when Nita had
late night meetings, her husband would cook some basic meal like dal and rice
and take care of the kid. At times when husband was busy, Nita would go and do
the weekly grocery shopping. They
started sharing the responsibilities equally.
The couple got used to living
their life like this and sharing the house hold chores together. They would now
never hide from others that they are sharing the house-hold chores together.
They even motivated many other working couples to share the load within the
house-hold.
This is a common scene in almost
every house-hold where the couples are both working. If both husband and wife
does not share the load then it is difficult to live a living in the big
cities. So share the load and live life happily. You never know what may come
up in life. So it is important to share the load financially and in all the
ways possible. Share the load and be happy.
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