15 Things That Happen When You Live In A Joint Family

Family- we can’t live without them. Joint families means twice more fun than a regular family-there are so many people, and so many companions as we’re growing up.  The joys are incomparable, but so are the struggles.

Here are a few things we experience living in a joint family.

1. There is no such thing as personal space

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People…people everywhere.

 

2. There is an insane amount of food made every single day

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There will never be a shortage of food. Midnight snacks, bring it on!

 

3. Even when you’re alone, you’re not really alone

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Mom and dad leave town for a month? Awesome Uncle-aunty live right under the same roof.

 

4. Make way for a family whatsapp group, where no one will ever stop spamming

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This is when you start detesting technology in general.

 

5. You have to share your food, even if sometimes you don’t feel like it

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*Cousin comes and steals a piece of chicken off your plate* WTF.

 

6. You always had company to play with

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And, you always had a partner for all pranks and the ‘masti’.

 

7. And train journeys were super duper fun

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Especially when your family occupied the entire section of berths. YAY. 😀

 

8. There are no dinners that you have spent eating all by yourself

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And, dinner orders placed were never, EVER, for a single person.

 

9. Every teacher in your school knew you lived in a joint family, because your cousins were pretty much in the same school

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Convenience at its best. And if you fell in trouble, you’re sure that one of your siblings will blurt it out at home.

 

10. Many women= lots of gossip

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Can’t hear and know enough about distant aunties and uncles.

 

11. And when dad wasn’t around to pick up or drop you to any place, there was always someone else

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12. You normally call your cousins your real brothers/sisters, because you’ve lived with them forever

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And it’s just really convenient, instead of explaining the whole deal to others.

 

13. There is at least one activity that is incomplete without every member being there

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Like the evening chai, or the family discussions after dinner. Priceless.

 

14. And because of being constantly surrounded by so many people, you don’t like being alone for too long

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You start feeling incomplete when the room is empty.

 

15. And even though you sometimes crave being away from the crowd, you’re the happiest when you go back there

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Because even though sometimes your overprotective, huge family gets on your nerves, they’re the best people to be with, and they’re the ones you can be completely yourself with.

Here’s to the crazy, loving bunch of people in your life that make you who you are.  🙂

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