when you've been living in the same house for years and haven't a clue who lives next door
when you don't want to acknowledge you have relatives living in Nazimabad and Gulistan-e-jauhar
when 'urdu-medium' types are a definite 'no'
when going across the bridge is close to travelling to the moon
when 'halat' are only a matter of what can hapen to others
when Sunday evenings become a headache form hell, and traffic pandamonium reigns - for people from the other side of the tracks descend like locusts on the wide avenues close to sea
when owning a 'suzuki' gives you small car complex
when you have a fleet of servants who make your life a living hell
when 'keeping up with the jones' is an immediate problem
when standing outside your house is an unknown phenomenon
when breakfast at butlers, lunch at Xanders and dinner at fujiyama is part of the daily routine
when you're nice to everyone except your own family
when dude & bro and babes is the way u address your friends
when you haven't a clue there exists a 'bori bazar' 'hyderi' and best of all a place called 'nagan chowrangi'
when Rickshaws are a part of a lost civilization - used to be displayed at special events or as part of gulabo fashion line
when buying books as decoration pieces is the norm
when names of khaybans are as familiar as the lines drawn on one's palm.
when Ami's, and Agha's are closer to you than your heart beat
when you suddenly get a desire to go all religious in a fanatic way
when places like Tariq Road seem like the end of the earth
when your children believe 'water' comes in Tankers only (from GOD)
when having a couple of armed security gaurds is the only way to be
when your evening starts at around 10.pm at night
when being a woman you greet other women by shooting flying kisses at least 5 inches away from each other's face :)
when 'your own circle of friends' are THE best and everyone else - well just not good enough!
when climbing the social ladder is looked DOWN upon
when you can never even think of visiting anyone without giving them a call or making a plan like a year in advance
when your child has a separate car and a driver [and a guard to go with it]
when eating alone in a restuarant isn't a huge issue
when you buy your grocieries from EBCO and cloth from Ashiana
when 'what the tomorrow holds is anybody's guess' [strike, schools shut]
when you meet people you like and no one else
when you get manis and pedis from BINA KHAN and make up/hair at Natashas
when Nabila does your hair [personally]
when you have a personal trainer coming to your house
when you're into spirituality and life coaches
when you call domestic help - staff [for their sheer #]
when you write blogs about yourself and post them on twitter and fb!
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