BigOTs oF tHE wOrLd

wierd statements i've heard in my life. most of them from my relatives.
as a background you shud know that i come from a most extreeeemely conservative religious fanatical bunch of ppl. most of the time i'm left gaping stupidly, astounded by the stupidity of the statement.

yr 1996 - 2001 act .. scene ..
"females should know their place" [ which is? ]
"every female needs a husband. a husband is like a pillar for the house. and marriage is the foundation. without them, all u have is ...." [ just the walls ? ]
"you can't survive without a husband" [ u do realize we don't hunt and gather our food anymore ? ]
"i gave birth to you, your life belongs to me" [ guess who this is? but i think i mentioned this many many times before already ]
"you don't have a brain, if i say the sun is blue and the moon is red, u better agree with me" [ again, guess who ]
"i thought i wanted a girl child, so she could grow up and cook for me. and clean the windows... it's been 20 yrs, i'm still waiting... " [ keep waiting , not gonna happen ]
"what kind of child are you? i've written 4 letters to you in the last 6 months. you haven't replied even once." [ actually, the second was EXACTLY the same content as the first, so i didn't really bother reading the next two. in my defense i couldn't really reply. what can i say ? thank you for condemning me to eternal damnation for not replying to your first letter on time ?? yeah , my family is really big on love ]
"i know you did ur engg, but that doesnt mean anything. girls can't have a career or work in this world." [ are we living on the same planet? ]
"if you die without getting married, you'll become a ghost and haunt all the future generations" [ if i die without getting married, i won't HAVE future generations. and the exact word used was 'pretha' which is kinda a bit worse than a ghost. i think it translates to ghoul ]
"a woman's purpose is to have children" [ and yours is to be a jerk? ]
"a woman is incomplete without her husband" [ actually this goes on top with the pillar one. he better hope his wife is mild tempered and doesnt have access to rat poison ]
"no you cannot adopt, you need to have your own children" [ considering it from an evolutionary perspective, YOU shud never have had children ]
"you had two girls, you need to try a third time" [ this was for someone else and i have to admit, i wudnt mind mixing rat poison in THAT person's tea ]

and the best one's

"it's the duty of the female to listen to her husband and bow to his wishes at ALL times. anyways she's a female, she doesn't have opinions." [ ha! NOT if he's a colossal moron, it's not. and i'll show you opinion when i ram that cane up your... ]
"i give her all the saris and gold that she can ever ask for. all i ask is for a son." [ u ***** moron. females don't control that ]

disclaimer: each and every statement is true and reported almost verbatim. most were directed at me. some to others.