In a unique case of marital discord centered around beverage preferences, a newly married couple found themselves at the brink of separation over their differing tastes: tea for the urban husband and milk for the rural wife. The dispute, which escalated to a complaint at the local police station, was finally resolved during a counseling session at Agra’s Family Counseling Center.
The incident came to light when the wife, distressed by her husband’s insistence on converting her milk habits, left her marital home to seek refuge with her parents. The husband, an employee of a private company and a habitual tea drinker, reportedly pressured his wife to abandon her preference for hot milk, citing financial constraints.
At the heart of their conflict was more than just a simple preference for tea or milk; it represented a deeper cultural divide between the husband’s urban lifestyle and the wife’s rural upbringing. In her native village, the wife’s family reared cows and buffaloes, and milk was the beverage of choice.
The matter reached the Family Counseling Center, where Dr. Satish Khirwar and his team conducted sessions for 35 couples, successfully reconciling 19 of them on Saturday. The session with the tea-loving husband and his milk-prefering wife concluded with a promise from the husband to respect his wife’s choices and not to impose his own preferences upon her.
“The couple agreed to live together with mutual consent and understanding, recognizing the importance of respecting each other’s habits and backgrounds,” said Dr. Khirwar.
