Indian parents sue son, demanding a grandchild or payment of $675,000.

[pnwmom]

Gee, I wonder why they feel they aren't getting enough "love and affection"?

https://kuow.org/stories/parents-sue-their-son-and-daughter-in-law-demanding-a-grandchild-or-675-000?fbclid=IwAR0CA8-ypMPaaYMfg78mnl0GyCbFcwtediruGBYs0szIB4F5ejYJ-WXYNb4

NEW DELHI — A retired Indian couple is suing their son and daughter-in-law, demanding that they produce a grandchild within a year or pay them 50 million rupees ($675,000).

Sanjeev Ranjan Prasad, a 61-year-old retired government officer, said it was an emotional and sensitive issue for him and his wife, Sadhana Prasad, and they cannot wait any longer. His son, a pilot, was married six years ago.


"We want a grandson or a granddaughter within a year or compensation, because I have spent my life's earnings on my son's education," Prasad told reporters on Thursday.

Prasad said he spent 3.5 million rupees ($47,300) for his son's pilot training in the United States.

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"We got him married in the hope we would have the pleasure of becoming grandparents. It has been six years since their marriage," Prasad said. "It feels as if despite having everything we have nothing."

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"We are not getting love and affection from where we want it the most," he said. "I feel very unlucky."

[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Narcissism run wild.

[pnwmom]

2. Their sense of entitlement is mind-boggling. nt

[FakeNoose]

3. He's NOT gonna get a Father's Day card this year, I'm thinking

[nycbos]

4. And you thought some American lawsuits were ridiculous.

[pnwmom]

6. And a judge will actually be hearing the case! n/t

[treestar]

15. Exactly, I suppose the court will dismiss this case?

Unless Indian law requires them to have children, how can it fly?

[tinrobot]

5. That's not how you get a grandchild.

Even if the couple does have a child, you think they'll ever let it anywhere near Grandpa and his team of lawyers?

[pnwmom]

7. Probably they'll sue for that, too. n/t

[VarryOn]

8. The wife looks the epitomy of the mean mother-in-law...

Bet she's a hoot at cocktail parties!

[lapfog_1]

9. arranged marriage... son becomes a pilot

gee, why don't they have children???

[JI7]

13. Actually my guess is that even though it was arranged they they found

they had common interests and get along well and enjoy being with each other and they don't need to have kids if they don't want to.

If it was an arranged marriage without emotional connection they probably would have kids right away since that is where they would focus their lives on . Similar to this couple who probably never formed a connection and it just became about their son . And with the son an adult they now want the grandchild to fill their emotional needs.

[Xavier Breath]

10. Why did he feel compelled to spend his "life's earnings"

to educate his son if he only wanted him to be a breeder? He could have saved a lot of money and achieved his grandchild goals by not educating the kid and telling him to avoid condoms.

[senseandsensibility]

14. I'm not an expert, but I'd guess that they wanted

their son to be eligible for what we would call an arranged marriage to an Indian woman of acceptable status and part of that includes him having a decent job.

[Xavier Breath]

16. Fair point.

I totally forgot about any caste system implications.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Did the son sign a contract or something?

I don't see how they can sue him just because he didn't meet their expectations. If people could do that, just imagine what a mess the world would be.

[Silent3]

12. I take it this is filed in the Indian court system...

...and that the son, although he had training as a pilot in the US, is back in India. Just guessing -- not a lot of detail in that story.

I can't imagine anything except this being laughed out of court in the US. In India, I have no idea.

[Dorian Gray]

17. totally normal

I'm sure this will cement a deep and loving relationship between the in-laws and his wife.

What an intrusive meddling entitled couple!