Pretensions

When She always heard
Men complain So much
About How Much their
Wives or girlfriends nagged
She thought the way to be
A good partner
Was to throw
As little tantrums
As possible

Only to find that the
Complaints were Actually
An expression of pride
And that men wanted their women
To fuss over them
To Tell Them to eat on time
To quarrel With them
When They were late
To nag them to spend time

And While They complained
About How much time and money
They wasted on makeup
They Actually wanted their woman
To look pretty and Would not look twice
At someone who didn't make the effort

And her attitude of #nodrama
Actually Got her nowhere

#dumbass

Tropes

Growing up,
Hindi films showed us
Only One trope
Of A frustrated woman

That of an unmarried woman
Jealous of A married woman's happiness

How Sad for an adolescent girl
To believe that is all There is

And to not know
That There are So many other tropes
In real life

Of the girl With A childhood boyfriend
Who envies the freedom to flirt
Of the woman who Never earned money
And envies the freedom to
Buy your own Snacks and cosmetics
Of the 'Happily married' woman
Who would rather Do Anything
But go home to her Marriage

How the times have changed!