Nowadays, you’ll find many people using a mini digital weighing scale to control the portions of their food. This is to make sure they don’t eat too much of anything since some have a habit of eating more than required which later harms their overall health.
A guy named Abhishek Bansal too gifted his mother a small digital weighing scale for portion control and counting calories after work-from-home ended. However, after he visited home 6 months later, he found that his “baniya” mom used it to re-weigh veggies that she already bought and get angry when the scale showed less weight than what was promised.
“Before WFH ended, I bought my mom a small digital weighing scale for measuring portions to track calories accurately. 6 months later I visit home and find out that she’s been using it to re-weigh the veggies she buys and create a ruckus if it’s even 10 gm less. Baniya Moms!” he wrote on Twitter.
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Before WFH ended, I bought my mom a small digital weighing scale for measuring portions to track calories accurately. 6 months later I visit home and find out that she's been using it to re-weigh the veggies she buys and create a ruckus if it's even 10 gm less.
Baniya Moms! 🫥— Abhishek Bansal (@swaaha_) February 25, 2023
After reading this, several others shared similar stories of their mothers and their hacks. Some even called it “financial management skills” that are embedded not just in baniya moms but every middle-class mom in general.
I did the same and now she doesn’t eat anything which is junk and keeps tracks of her calories everyday. The bad part is she doesn’t allow me to eat too 🥲
— Divya Jain (@imdivi_jain) February 26, 2023
Nobody does shows financial management skills better than baniya moms. My friend’s mom orders food & compares it on all apps, sometimes she calculates the cost of ingredients, & says “ye to ghar pe bann jayega araam se, no need to order”. 😂
— Dr. Komal Jha 🦋🌸 (@KJ_tweets_) February 26, 2023
Baniya Moms bargain and analyse Meesho v/s Amazon deals and write that as their hobby.
— brdr Django (@beeryaniboi) February 25, 2023
Baniya moms are like this only..🤣🤣🤣
— Ayush Gupta (@ayushgupta1610) February 26, 2023
Haha. I think this would hold true for Middle class moms in general.
— Mad4mushroom (@rever_25) February 26, 2023
Ditto at my home.
— Ankit Shah (@babarecursive) February 26, 2023
My mom doesn’t have a mini weighing scale like this, but I’m sure she would do the same if she had one!