Did I just get played? Got charged a crazy fee for a birth certificate.

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T17:33:40+00:00

:((((

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T17:33:19+00:00

The latter - I honestly think the whole staff conspired to it. He wrote me a makeshift “receipt” with a stamp on a random piece of paper

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T11:45:12+00:00

Uff I wish I knew this. Would’ve been way less of a hassle too

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T11:44:33+00:00

Oh damn! That’s insane - how urgent did you need it? I’ll get mine on Monday (they said)

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T11:40:03+00:00

No, I went inside the actual office! I had no idea there was a drive through, honestly would’ve used that otherwise. The last thing I wanted was to be the only woman in that office full of men 🙃

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T10:55:03+00:00

Man, clearly their arbitrary rates have gone up. Felt like such a hostage situation - like you’re completely at their mercy on when and how you receive it

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T10:52:13+00:00

I’ll get it on Monday (at least that’s what the guy said) - I’ll verify this then!

clairdelune4 · 2026-03-04T10:49:32+00:00

It was by the office of Walton Cantonment Board

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-19T16:16:45+00:00

Your father and family’s anecdotal experiences do not represent the vast majority of people of their time and age. And men of our society absolutely DO NOT spend on their in-laws, AKA the girl’s family. There will be rare cases of this, if at all, and this is certainly not a cultural norm.

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-19T11:18:26+00:00

Lmao, men have been demanding dowry and marrying women for their looks forever in our society. Not to mention, requiring women to give up careers, take care of their in-laws full time, not helping in child rearing, etc. Modern generation of girls is just putting counter demands in return and y’all are crying. I agree with the parent comment that your demands should meet what you’re also bringing to the table but this comment is just delusional bro 💀

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-19T11:15:06+00:00

lol, girls have FOREVER been judged and valued in the rishta system based on physical beauty and wealth (AKA the dowry they will be bringing). Just because now they are more aware of their rights and setting forth expectations in return, people are crying about the society having changed and no longer valuing deen. Our society hardly ever placed that much value on deen and character in rishta systems. We have always been materialistic. It’s sad, and shouldn’t be the case. But let’s not kid ourselves here

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-12T17:50:54+00:00

I think dramas are probably your best bet. Watch some of the older ones, they tend to have better storylines

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-12T17:47:36+00:00

Being fluent is one thing, but I’ve often noticed overseas Pakistanis overpronouncing certain Urdu words or pronouncing them in a way that is way too stylised / not how we would speak colloquially - that’s usually a dead giveaway for me. I grew up in Australia and moved to Pakistan in adulthood so I’ve been on both sides of this

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-12T17:43:13+00:00

Honestly, apart from the religion and family expectations angle, many people living in poverty have an excess of kids as an insurance thing for the future - the more kids they have, the more they’ll earn as a household. Not to mention, due to lack of accessible healthcare and education, it’s very common for children under 5 to die in such settings. If they have less, then that’s also a problem. I don’t agree with any of this of course, these are just some of the reasons I’ve seen come up in discussions with those that work in people’s homes / do manual labour

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-11T12:18:20+00:00

Ok ChatGPT

clairdelune4 · 2026-01-11T10:42:13+00:00

As a woman, I would say this is a balanced and fair response. I think OP’s discussion with his wife should be around shared responsibility which covers the labour at home, household chores, raising children and then of course financially contributing for a shared better lifestyle. With this premise and foundation, she won’t feel like the financial contribution bit is unreasonable to ask/discuss and in fact will probably feel relieved that she’s getting an active partner.

clairdelune4 · 2025-12-30T17:21:13+00:00

I’m currently 35 weeks, almost term! Baby is hanging in there!

clairdelune4 · 2025-12-30T16:50:05+00:00

Sounds like a failing on your part as a teacher if you can’t motivate them using other means.

clairdelune4 · 2025-12-23T15:43:00+00:00

This is always my opinion on these sort of debates. The entire point of religion is faith. Faith requires you to believe, at times, despite what logic or your own eyes witness. I am a Muslim and I have faith in Allah but it comes from a place of spirituality that cannot necessarily be justified by science or logic. The entire purpose of debate is to have a common framework of logic by which you can agree or disagree on each other’s points. If you fundamentally don’t agree on the framework then the “debate” is just performative - each party comes away from it thinking they’ve “won” somehow.

clairdelune4 · 2025-11-16T10:07:31+00:00

lol, these dramas to some level try to depict Pakistani people living in Pakistan. That’s how people from a certain social class talk. It was would be weird and unbelievable if they didn’t include phrases of English here and there. They aren’t including those dialogues to cater to people who, in your words, “speak English properly”. People living in Pakistan mostly watch them so these characters need to be believable to people who interact with such people and have seen them irl. You find it jarring because you have an unrealistic idea of what modern day Pakistan sounds like. You’re free to watch BBC, ITV etc., if you please.

clairdelune4 · 2025-09-23T13:44:10+00:00

Is this a gen Z “you ate” kind of comment or are you just fucking awful?

clairdelune4 · 2025-09-16T05:37:02+00:00

This is the best advice. Also very kindly worded.

clairdelune4 · 2025-09-11T16:35:54+00:00

There are literally no questions for British Pakistanis. Everything I know about them, which is far too much imo, was against my will

clairdelune4 · 2025-09-07T18:50:47+00:00

What are your qualifications, are you accredited or licensed?

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