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My mother was married off at 16, became a mother at 19, yet she fought all odds with the support of her mother, and became a successful doctor.
“Financial independence is a must for everyone, especially women if you want an equal partnership in marriage. Lifespan and relationships do not come with a guarantee," my mother had said.
We often see motherhood as a switch that changes women. But it is a developmental passage called Matrescence that is far more complex.
It struck me how it is a role reversal of sorts when children get older and are ready to advise Mom and teach her things that she never knew before.
As a daughter, once married and away from parents, it is rare to get an opportunity to just BE with your mother, lie down next to her to rest.
People say couples lose their intimacy after having a child. Some might even say that it is because the woman’s body changes drastically or a result of distance between the new parents due to the baby. But is this actually true?
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