Desi Mom's Marriage Pressure

<break time="0.5s" /> You ever wake up peacefully on a Wednesday, thinking life is calm… <break time="0.5s" />

And then your Ammi walks in like the breaking-news channel? <break time="0.8s" /> She’s like—“BETA! Did you know Zohran

Mamdani is thirty-four, married, and the mayor?!” <break time="0.8s" /> I’m like, “Good morning to

you too, Ammi… I just opened my eyes.” <break time="0.5s" /> She goes, “THIRTY-FOUR!

Married! Mayor!” <break time="0.5s" /> Meanwhile you? Thirty! Still choosing between

chai or coffee for breakfast!” <break time="0.8s" /> I tell her, “Ammi, I’m not even in

politics.” <break time="0.5s" /> She says, “Exactly! He’s running the city,

and you can’t even run the washing machine!” <break time="0.8s" /> I say, “I just want someone