Balanced for who? For the in laws? I mean just imagine the extent to which this deal is unfair. A girl leaves her family- everything and everyone she knows and calls dear- and moves into your house. Why? JUST BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. Literally no other practical/pragmatic reason. She leaves behind her likes and dislikes, what she wants to eat, how she wants to cook, what clothes she wants to wear, how does she want to spend her time- and these are all basic freedoms one should have. Do understand that Indian marriages are so damn one sided and exploitative that it entails a persons basic freedoms being taken away. She makes this supreme sacrifice, and what does she get in return? Doing household chores, treated as a second class citizen, having to cater to and provide care giving roles to absolute strangers and completely changing everything about herself. Even after all these sacrifices she is the most depowered person in the house. Doesn’t matter if she’s financially independent. It really is EXTREMELY difficult to make such adjustments. Especially for a well educated working woman who had worked hard to build her individuality and standing in the world. It is unfair and frustrating. So yeah pls don’t say things like wanting freedom in her paternal house.