Everyone has had this experience: You watch a scene, hear a dialogue, read a quote…and suddenly something clicks about your own life.
Yesterday, while watching the movie “Girlfriend”, a
particular scene pinched me,
Rashmika Mandanna as a kid happily agrees when her aunt asks if she’d like to
spend some more time with her. Later that night, when she asks her father for
dinner, he tells her to go ask her aunt — “since you like spending time with
her.”
Sometimes, when my son bonds deeply with someone he loves —
whether it’s his grandparents, cousins, or anyone he is close to — I feel a
small pinch inside.
Not anger… not jealousy… just a quiet fear that maybe I’m not the most
important person to him in that moment.
When I saw Rashmika’s scene — the innocence, the confusion
on the child’s face - that scene wrung my heart.
The movie is actually about possessive love between a
couple, but if we ignore that layer, it quietly shows how any
possessiveness — even unintentional — can make an innocent heart feel guilty or
torn.
Then, I thought If I can give my kiddo one gift, it’s this:
a home where love doesn’t demand choices,
where affection doesn’t feel heavy.
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
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in my case i want that feeling only for myself and sometimes i resort to emotional blackmail. so when i saw the scene i could see myself and my boy torn - that's y it pinched me very hard
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