'As my mom stood at the stove heating up chapatis for dinner, I crept up behind her. I took a deep breath before saying, 'I won't be here for dinner tomorrow night.' Pause. 'I'm going on a date.''
Advertisementshe added softly. She didn’t chide me for being single again at 29, nor did she offer to start looking for prospects in India. I’m stubborn but I will find someone myself, even if it takes a long time, and it was a relief to know she understood. I just had to let her in.
Living at home for a year and a half as an adult was not something I’d planned, but in a way it’s the best decision I’ve ever made. For the first time, I saw my parents as more than just authority figures, and I think they also finally saw me as an adult, too. Anil and I didn’t last more than nine months but I don’t regret any of it: it was the door to seeing my mom as someone I can trust with the matters of my heart instead of holding her at a distance.
While I’m still not running to tell her about every casual date I go on — I’m saving the next boy-centric conversation for whomever my next Anil is — it’s nice to know that I can. She visited me when I moved to Los Angeles and casually asked if I had met anyone. The answer is still “no” for now, but I know that when the day comes she’ll be there waiting with open arms and ears to hear all about it. And knowing her, she’ll take any opportunity to warn me against hanky-panky business.
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