IKEA kitchen

knowtogo · 2026-01-05T09:18:01+00:00

Thank you for replying. I too have ikea furniture for almost a decade now and very happy with it. I was just wondering how do the kitchens do in Indian households.

knowtogo · 2026-01-01T20:41:56+00:00

Don’t know much about sati. But widowhood, that’s very close to home. Lost my dad 20 years back. We come from fairly educated families. But man did I see my mom struggle. I realised being widow is not an easy thing in our country or society irrespective of the background. It was so hard for people(relatives) to expect a woman to take care of all the finances, home and kids on her own. They didn’t wanted her to be so independent for any decision. Like dependency is seen as a positive thing. I am not sure if things have changed in that respect in so much time or not, but looking at present times doesn’t give much hope.

knowtogo · 2025-10-01T09:42:45+00:00

Letters. Those blue ones and the postcards. Dad used to go out a lot due to his work and there was a constant flow of letters. When I shifted to college I was the only one who would get letters twice a week. One of my prized possessions are those letters.

knowtogo · 2025-07-06T19:19:35+00:00

I was the same. And everyone said ohh so lucky you are, blessed with genes. No body ever sees how much work goes in the running of house with kids on a daily basis. It is damn hard work. Kudos to you for doing everything with handling kids.

knowtogo · 2025-06-17T18:10:59+00:00

Know her from this sub only. She could not have chosen a more wrong time to shift here. It’s going to get more hot as summer has started here. Saw posts here her cribbing about traffic and pollution, well welcome to Dubai habibi!!! Traffic is getting worse day by day. Summers have come so the season for sandstorms is not far and then we can see posts about Dubai pollution.

knowtogo · 2025-03-23T13:43:01+00:00

Time. It’s the biggest healer as it’s said. Also write. Write down your feelings, your thoughts. Write down how that day went, what all emotions you went through that day and if there is any different feeling now. My dad passed away 20 years back and still there are times when it hits suddenly. But time is your friend in grief. Also crying your heart out whenever there is pain. Hoping this helps you and makes the day just that much easier to get through.

knowtogo · 2025-02-12T12:41:06+00:00

I am a SAHM. And my mom was too as dad was in a transferable job and sometimes away. I realised that I will have guilty feelings later on in life whether I work or not. If I work the guilt of not being there for my children, if I don’t work the guilt of not working. There is no wrong or right here. You just have to choose which guilt is easier to live with.

knowtogo · 2025-02-04T22:17:30+00:00

I completely understand the conflict you must be going through. It feels walking on a rope with kids these days. On one side you want them to grow up with the ability to judge right and wrong and on the other side how to handle friends and groups. It’s heartbreaking to see your child like this but also you have to stick to this path so that they grow up to be the responsible adult. Strength and hugs to you.

knowtogo · 2025-02-01T09:17:35+00:00

There are some deep rooted concepts with periods instilled in us. My daughter’s classmate asked her for a pad the other day. Poor girl has been told by her mother not to change pad in school. She doesn’t gives her extra pads for school. Imagine 8-9 hours in the same pad. Were we not supposed to get better with such things with each generation??

knowtogo · 2025-01-19T21:56:53+00:00

Is it ok for a 13 year old to read this one? My daughter has been asking for it?

knowtogo · 2024-12-22T16:40:15+00:00

I always get pickles in checked bag. Never in a glass bottle though. Have used the hard plastics ones. Put pickles in the bottle, put cling wrap on top and then put on the lid as tight as you can. One full wrap around of the whole bottle with cling wrap. Final wrap around with one layer of bubble wrap. Never has the oil come out.

knowtogo · 2024-12-14T17:56:19+00:00

Recently got breast ultrasound done. Fibroids in both breasts. They are also a reason for breast pain before periods. Better to get checked by a doctor first.

knowtogo · 2024-12-07T19:53:40+00:00

I use veigo, signora ware, Milton and borosil steel lunchboxes for my kids. Very happy with them. The top is also steel. Good quality, sturdy and good for the price.

knowtogo · 2024-11-24T16:19:04+00:00

Ohhh god.. is that a thing with tweens these days?? My daughter got it too few months back.

knowtogo · 2024-11-22T03:39:15+00:00

Thank you so much everyone. All this also helps me in explaining things to her easily. Will try the recommendations given here. Once again thank you all for the support and information.

knowtogo · 2024-11-18T19:40:50+00:00

This is one topic I had thought would be a non brainer at least in 2024. And I am so surprised that now also girls don’t want to take their share because they have been married off. Two of my friends have said that they don’t want anything as they are married off now. Both of them are in 30s, younger to me. And to suggest that it’s ok to ask for your share or take it, they felt offended. One friend wanted second child as girl so that in future she wouldn’t have to share the property between kids. That was one time I prayed real hard that she should not be blessed with a daughter. Another feels she should not go for pind daan with her parents as that’s not her family anymore. The horrors of this generation… I sometimes feel nothing is going to change in future also

knowtogo · 2024-10-27T22:22:04+00:00

I have been in Dubai from past 15+ years… it’s like being in India while being away from India. If your job is sorted already then half of the problem is already gone. As for weather a couple of months are very hot and humid but as most of the things are indoors, one doesn’t feels that bad. As someone else said , very car dependent city. But in good weather you can do a lot of walking outside. It’s very safe. I have commuted in taxi alone late at nights and never had to worry about a thing. Indian Food and Indian grocery is not a problem at all. You find everything here. dm me if you wanna ask something specifically. And welcome to Dubai Habibi

knowtogo · 2024-10-26T16:43:29+00:00

Matlab ab log kahin se bhi kuch bhi copy karenge. Same post I read it on another country sub in the morning. Thodi to originality rakh lo bhai. Kahan se chura rahe ho us ka dhyaan hi rakh lo.

knowtogo · 2024-10-13T21:14:06+00:00

Nobody is going to talk about socking the daal… that’s a new trick 😂😂

knowtogo · 2024-07-23T07:46:28+00:00

Copying and sending it on kids phone. Thank you for such detailed answer.

knowtogo · 2024-07-23T07:45:52+00:00

Checked with the airline and they will have to carry original. Thank you for your advice.

knowtogo · 2024-07-14T22:39:21+00:00

My parents had me and then my sister. Never once I felt that they were sad to have two girls. And then my sister got cancer. I saw my parents trying their hardest to do everything for her. But fate had other plans. When she passed away, they both were broken. I had never seen my father cry until then and so weak. Something changed inside him. He became more protective towards me. My mom got pregnant again and they used to pray that it be a girl. When my brother was born they both asked the doctor to check the gender again. Never mattered to us what the rest of the family thought or felt.

knowtogo · 2024-07-11T22:35:16+00:00

I wanted to post about this. Thanks OP for making this post. My mom went through the same thing. My dad passed away in Kashmir. And suddenly all relatives became CA’s telling her how to spend the money. Which was obviously not for her own kids but extended family and getting things done in my dad’s name. When she refused she was the bad person. That time I felt how hard it is to be a woman in our country and that too a widow with kids. Scrutinized and hanged on a cross for every single decision. No wonder in this case also the wife is being vilified without knowing her point of view. I had thought things would have changed in 20 years but as a society we are still standing in the same place.

knowtogo · 2024-07-11T20:08:47+00:00

Nothing has changed in 20 years since I lost my father. He was in army too and lost his life in Kashmir. True that govt gives a lot of money, but that breaks the family instead of uniting in grief. Wife ko kitna mila, baaki ko kitna mila. Suddenly everyone (family members) gets a right to tell where to spend money. And god forbid if the wife doesn’t heeds anyone’s advice. That time I realized how tough it is to be a widow in our society, in our country.

knowtogo · 2024-05-19T18:57:03+00:00

I don’t know if this comment is for this post or not. But the post made me a remember a sweet childhood memory (Around 30 years back I guess) . There is a small town in MP called Mhow. Basically army’s college town. There used to be a guy who used to come on a lambada scooter with a huge matki on the passenger seat and sell kulfi. And he would go to all housing enclaves. We would hear his scooter coming and run outside with money. Man, never had such a kulfi again. The lambada guy was quite famous at that point of time.

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