I have been married for 13 years but things have never changed.

My husband needs permission from his parents to choose his friends, till date. For the first 5 years of my marriage, I was not even allowed to wear a knee length dress. Whereas, my sister in law could wear dresses upto her thigh. She is 8 years older than me.

I feel it's not just the in laws who are at fault, but the husband as well. If he wants he can stand by his wife's side.

My sister in law can call her brother or parents for the tiniest story in her family, and give them a detailed account but if I do, it becomes like I am exposing them and it's a shameless thing to do.

Even my mother has stopped favouring me which is the worst part. She still follows the tradition, where she is well aware of my situation and agrees with me, but when the time comes to support me, she stands by her son in law and humiliates me. I feel I am the most unlucky person on this earth.

Inspite of being a mother of 2, for every silly thing, I get a warning from my husband and in laws about calling my family.

Where should such women go? Whom should they talk to? This kind of depression is not known to all and not everyone understands it. The most important thing to understand is that the girl is married to the guy, not the entire family but everyone wants to rule you and train the man to be a man and not a companion.

Separation is not the only solution because that is another shame in our society. I am still trying to figure out how should one live? This is the sad reality of our society.

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