{"id":2995,"date":"2019-10-11T11:16:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.educategirls.ngo\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:02:06","slug":"i-love-and-respect-my-wife-if-shes-happy-then-im-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/blog\/i-love-and-respect-my-wife-if-shes-happy-then-im-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love And Respect My Wife. If She’s Happy Then I’m Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the community where Vidya was raised, girls were typically not educated.  Many families didn\u2019t even want to bring a girl into the world, because she is seen as a liability. A girl was usually married off and sent to live with her in-laws, never returning to support or care for her family.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vidya’s parents were a bit\ndifferent and allowed her to study, but only until class 10.  Although she\ndesperately wanted to continue her studies, her parents fell victim to the\nmentality that plagued many of their neighbors. They told her to pay\nattention to household chores and prepare herself for marriage instead. She\npleaded with her parents to keep her in school and tried to explain her love\nfor learning. But it was no use.  Eventually, she was married. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vidya never imagined that her husband, who was eight years older than her, would become her biggest support system.\u00a0He too had to give in to the pressures of getting married as per his parents\u2019 wishes but fortunately for Vidya, had a very different mindset. He was a teacher himself and therefore understood the importance of education.\u00a0 He stood by her side much against the will of their families who were pressuring them to start having children.\u00a0He got Vidya enrolled in class 11 and supported her decision to pursue a Bachelor’s degree.\u00a0Today she has completed her degree in Education and is taking post-graduate courses.\u00a0She teaches primary school and works daily with Educate Girls<\/a><\/strong> staff to ensure young girls get the chance to live their full potential.\u00a0Vidya is thankful for her husband, who despite what their families believed, agreed that it was in their best interest for her to keep studying instead of immediately starting a family.\u00a0 When asked why he went against their families’ wishes and supported his wife’s decision to study, he says, “I love and respect my wife. \u00a0If she’s happy then I’m happy. The more we both prosper, the better we can provide for our family”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the community where Vidya was raised, girls were typically not educated.  Many families didn\u2019t even want to bring a girl into the world, because she is seen as a liability. A girl was usually married off and sent to live with her in-laws, never returning to support or care for her family.  Vidya’s parents were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voices","category-from-the-archives-2015"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5742,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions\/5742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}