"If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your
stupidity".

I read this phrase some where. It is really very interesting to observe the rising trend of boys (of course singles) and their families in search of some kinda rich or highly influential or bureaucrat or a civil servant or a politician or a mill owner or a landlord etc etc etc type of father-in-law. As far as girls are concerned, all types of gals are warmly welcomed if they fall in the above-mentioned father's category.

Few years back, Muhammad Ali's films and even the choti screen of that time showed us stories of a young man who is full of self respect and does not alter it at any cost even he accepts starving with open heart. We were used to hear such dialogues: "Naila! mijhay tumharay baap ka aik paisa bhi nai chahiay chahay mai bhuka mar jaoon". "mai apnay zoor-e-bazu par apnay karoobar karoon ga”. "Nai daddy! apko apki dualat mubarik ho, hum tu halal ki rukhi sukhi roti bhi kha lein gay paiyaaz k saath (onion) bas apni beiti ka haath meray haath mai de dein". “Abba Jaan! Ye sonay ka mehal aur chandi ke dewarein humein khush nai rakh saktiein, hum tu apni jhoonpari mai hi apni duniya basa lein gay”. On the heroine’s side: “Abba hazoor! Mai Anwar se nahi Amjad se hi shadi karoon gi dualat se har khushi nai khareedi ja sakti”. (jhooti)

It’s a wrong, unrealistic, insensible, indecent, irresponsible, illogical, pessimistic and self-destroying approach, in other words, kusfran-e-nemat. If you are going to have a rich father-in-law, it means you are amongst those few people who are bestowed with special blessings in this life. And those who do not think like that should realize how they could exploit themselves in fact cash themselves.

Lets collect some advantages of having a rich father-in-law:

1-If you’re engaged, try to delay your marriage because you could get as much expensive gifts of your choice as possible before marriage not for yourself only but for your family members too.

2-A splendid marriage, which will surely last forever in the minds of your peer group.

3-Huge expensive dowry, of course that is for their daughter but she would be your wife naa ……hmmm…….and there do not exist any yours and mines in husband wife relationship.

4-A honeymoon tour of your own choice, and you might get the tickets of Switzerland in your salami.

5-A heavy salami that could fill up your empty bank account and pocket (pockets of your shirt, jacket and trousers).

6-How could a daughter of such a rich man can travel without a zero meter car? Of course she needs it not you.

7-You could demand a house of her own just to provide an atmosphere of her home. She will definitely want to have interior as per her taste, that’s not your concern.

8-Who could stand against a telephone call from your father-in-law for your promotion?

9-And who could dare to stop your increment orders? (orders not order)

10-Only the name of your father-in-law is enough to make your business contacts.

11-It will be convenient to admit your kids in a renowned school even if they are nalaik. (fuck to these admission tests and interviews)

12-Celebrate each and every birthday and other functions of your family as your father-in-law find it easy to give some thing special to his daughter’s family.

13-Off and on foreign trips could not be so difficult. His daughter and her kids might get bored.

14-Finances are no problem for your business if you want your own setup nahi tu who will take care of your father-in-law’s business? His family is your family now and you should share his burden and accounts on human and sympathetic basis.

There are numerous benefits of having a rich father-in-law. You can also add more in these.

(Disclaimer: Only pun is intended in this Blog. I know you people are actually serving the rich families with no bad intention, only for social work. Aik din zaroor jaza milay gi.....lagay raho) :D