The entire language that Indian moms use is very different from how regular people talk. They have a tendency to exaggerate every little thing. God forbid if you skip eating lunch at home or don’t finish your tiffin, your mom would even things out with, “Jab mein marr jaungi tab pata chalega.”
A user on Twitter gave the perfect example of Indian-mom lingo – how instead of ‘relationships’, they say ‘affair’. When we talk about an ‘affair’, it usually means someone is already in a relationship and is cheating on their partner by having an ‘affair’ with someone else. It has scandalous undertones, unlike the words ‘relationship’ or ‘dating’.
ffs my mother needs to stop calling a relationship ‘an affair’ like she makes something normal sound so scandalous
— gulshan (@ityade) June 7, 2023
A lot of people resonated with this as their moms also talk in a similar fashion. They revealed how their moms react when they get to know that their kids are dating. Many will start fearing for their family’s reputation and will think that their kids have broken their trust.
Here’s a look at some of the hilarious reactions:
for my mother, me getting into a relationship will be me “cheating on her”, “cheating on the family”, “breaking their trust”, “ruining the reputation of the family”, “sabke saamne muh kaala karwa dena”. actual phrases used by her https://t.co/xdV8912ugF
— watermelon🍉 (@sexcwatermelon) June 8, 2023
I thought it was only my mom
“Beta tumhara koi affair hai?” skskskks no it’s a consensual monogamous relationship 😭😭 https://t.co/H2ij2krXBt
— Prakhar Sinha (@SinhaPrakhar28) June 8, 2023
My mom calls it “lafda,” and that has stopped me from ever opening up about my relationships to her. 😡😡😡 https://t.co/Kqz9D0mPkX
— Aishwarya (@Aishu_Vasu) June 8, 2023
Reminds me of when my mother told me my 16 y/o cousin was having “an affair” 😭😭 https://t.co/4MPbcVbxR1
— ann (@angymaau) June 7, 2023
omg same
like she will refer to any relationship as laphda (in marathi)— Ajinkya Matsawar (@ididnotjinxit) June 8, 2023
‘Tumhara friend’
— chup hoja (@BhaiChupKar) June 8, 2023
same do all moms do this 😭😭😭😭
— honeycombs (@bibiflafoo) June 7, 2023
Does your mom do the same?