“You should look for someone new to settle down with now,” a well-meaning auntie advised me in the pits of my heartbreak. Once I’d managed to swallow the lump in my throat, I was perplexed. I had just about started to feel like a human again after months of wading through tears and grief, yet the focus was completely on matching me up with someone new, a concept that was far from my mind. Although this felt hurtful at the time, what this comment perfectly encapsulated is just how much fear there is around being alone within South Asian culture.
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