R Madhavan recalls how there was ‘discord’ in his family about money matters: ‘Father would say I can’t afford it’

Madhavan said that there weren’t many defined rules about who would spend for the household, there were some arguments here and there. He also mentioned that his father saw the second income as “bonus.” “There weren’t any defined rules about who should be spending for what. We, of course, had the privilege of being a double income family so the holidays were better, maybe the flights were a little more frequent than the others but I distinctly remember the discord in the family when my father was like ‘I will pay for these things but these other things, I am not going to pay for because I can’t afford it. I have to make sure that I stay in line and I assume I am going to be the single income family household lifestyle for the rest of my life because what you are earning is bonus’,” he recalled.

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Madhavan defended his parents’ take on the matter and shared, “I am sure he had a way of looking at it. I am sure that mother was thinking when we can afford it why are we not living now? When are we going to live and all those conversations.”