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When Cultural Reverence Feels Like Performance in Marriage

My Indian mother-in-law expects me to touch her feet every morning but I am white and it feels like I am performing something sacred that is not mine to perform.

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The boundary between respectful participation and authentic belonging becomes a daily question of identity and honor.

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