Desi Problems.

Saw the ask from the Muslim (non Muslim ?) living a double life and I was the exact same, I’m 21 now and I left my home at 19, it was HARD ! But defo worth it, I’m so much happier and living my own life with my bf, I’d happily give some advice as well as some charities that helped me out massively, I had such a shit time at home and I hate knowing other people are going through the same stuff

goD THIS IS SO DESI BUT

I’m a lesbian and in the closet. I have a girlfriend and she brings me so much joy that I wish I could share more openly. She invited me to come to her hometown with her for Christmas to meet her parents and I would love to go. The only thing that stopped me is knowing how that would look, choosing Christmas with her family over one with mine. I feel like I can’t be myself until I’m far away enough to know I’ll be safe, and it’s hard.

you know i’ve always felt rather lonely that i don’t know urdu. it seems like other children seemed just at home whenever they slipped into it and i craved that. i thought i was the only person. but coming on this blog made me realize that SO MANY desi americans also face this problem, and that its much more common. im in high school and just beginning to learn what should have been my mother tongue, but im putting in an effort to be involved in my culture and thats all that matters :)

similar experience to previous anon: my brother is a very light skinned pakistani (probably white-passing?) yet when he tells his heritage ppl, literally no one believes him? they ask so many follow-up questions, they keep insisting that he must only be half-pakistani. so many relatives assume he can't speak urdu when he's fluent..... just colourism overall is so cringe ugh

Ok but fr how are us Muslim girls supposed to find a husband all of a sudden when we’ve been told our whole lives to stay away from boys and like god forbid we even text with a guy coz that’s oh so haram...???