Anusha
Let's see, where do I start? I was born in Sri Lanka and immigrated to
the U.S. when I was 9; I love many things about my native continent
(Asia) and its cultures, and I've always considered myself to be an
intelligent-yet-goofy and good-hearted person, but lately everything
seems to be going crazy.
To start, I DO express my opinions honestly and openly, am unmarried and over the age of 25, love reading and suck at math, am the daughter of a single mother, etc., etc., all of which seem to have suddenly blacklisted me in my own community! I've been basically
branded a Nitpicky-Bitch-Doomed-to-Eternal-Spinsterhood by everyone from
my cousin-back-home to my grandmother's astrologer, because I rejected
an arranged marriage with a Sri Lankan "Prince Charming" who told me
that he dumped his Vietnamese girlfriend b/c his family wouldn't accept
anyone who wasn't Sri-Lankan, a statement which the rest of my family
actually found praiseworthy.
I read BOTH 'Rules' books and was so
appalled that I was absolutely giddy when I found out that one of the
authors got divorced. Most heinously, I think that women (the world
over) who suppress their own opinions, desires and intelligence just so
they (or their parents, in many Asian countries) can bait and trick
"prime" bachelors into matrimony, then proceed to shovel shitloads of
money into staging massive wedding-paloozas, deserve whatever marital
nightmares they get.
I have spent hours and hours on the web looking for
intelligent, funny, honest and shameless commentary on women's lives and
experiences, and I happened upon this site. God only knows I need stuff
like this on days when I have to deal with such things as old Sri-Lankan
hags who grab me at wedding receptions cackling about how I'm turning
into an old maid, news-reports on Scott Peterson, anything having to do
with Gwyneth Paltrow, dating-advice guides, magazine articles gushing
about plastic surgery, Mormons, etc.
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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