Dolly Steps Into The Corporate World - Part 1
Hello, everyone, my name is Sneha. But you all can call me Dolly as I like it so much. I am 24 years married woman working in an MNC located in Hyderabad, India. This is my first story in online sharing platforms. So please pardon me for any mistakes. Any suggestions or remarks will be gladly welcome. Coming to the story. This happened just 3 months after I turned 19 years of age. I was a major then which meant I can marry or I can have sex. (I am talking in liaison with legality and official freedom). I was brought up by a single mother who was very open-minded. She always stood by me from my childhood and used to encourage me a lot in every way possible. Since I was the only child, I received a lot of lot. A lot less amount of restrictions were imposed on me compared to a typical girl receives. So this incident happened after 3 months of my 19th birthday. I was in the second year of my engineering. But before that let me tell you about myself. Back then I was 5’8″ height and 56 kgs fair complexion with a physique of 36B-28-36 and well-shaped breasts and ass. I was like a celebrity in college with lots of proposals from classmates, seniors and sometimes juniors and lecturers too! Guys flirting with me and staring at me like a pack of hungry wolves checking me outright from top to bottom was a common sight. During those days I was a very horny girl with lots of sex dreams and thoughts. My body urged for sexual pleasure. I had lots of options to choose from the proposals I received. But I remained adamant and maintained a safe distance from all such activities including hanging out with boys often. The reason was my mom who was single and who faced the hidden nature of society and people while bringing me up. I will tell the detailed story later ( trust me it won’t be boring ). Coming to the story. I in my second year first semester of college and one day while having a regular morning breakfast conversation with my mom. It went like this: Me(Dolly): Mom the breakfast is delicious like always, better be watching my calorie count before I put up some weight. Mon: Haha don’t worry Dolly I make all the dishes keeping in mind the calorie count. After all, you are not the only one who is younger and fitness maniac here. Me: That’s true, mom so how is job work going on? Mom: It’s going pretty well. If the trend continues I may get a hike or even a promotion too. Speaking of work I wanted to talk to you regarding something Dolly but I am afraid how will you take it. Me: That’s okay mom you know you can share anything with me. What is it about? Mom: Well I know you are busy with your academics and don’t get much time. But I want you to learn the value of hard work and money earned through it. We women don’t know how our lives may change quickly. So I think this is the best time for you to step into the world and become independent standing on your own. Me: Okay. That sounds so thoughtful. I know you care a lot about me. But I am not sure how I am going manage to do that. I mean I can get a job like part-time. But will need a lot more paying job to meet my expenses. Mom: I am pretty sure that you will figure a way out, Dolly. So listen carefully. Keep in mind that from now on I will be helping you with only your tuition fees and your living expenses until the first of next month. Mom: Then the rest of your living expenses including you are favorite food and shopping has to be borne by you. With the income that you earn from thereon. Me(with a frustrated look): Mom isn’t that too quick and very harsh on me? Mom: Hardest of times never come with advance notice, Dolly. You got to get a hang of it and solve things Your self. That’s how you become an independent and strong woman in this world my dear. Mom: Moreover, you can live in a hostel or a separate flat near your college with your friends. I have no reason to worry about cooking since you are a far better cook than me. Dolly: I will try to give my best mom. I am pretty much confused at this point. But I will figure out everything sooner. Love you. I think I will have to find resources for the target you set me up to. So I will stay in Rita’s room (my bestie) since I will be late searching in the nearby college area. Bye. Mom: Bye sweetheart. Love you and take care. So, I boarded the college bus and thought during the one-hour long journey. I was pretty much taken aback with what mom said. Deep down I knew it was for my wellbeing. I knew that I, Rita and Sowmya (another bestie) would be more than happy to stay in a room and enjoy. But the thought of meeting my expenses bewildered me. The only way was to land in a part-time or weekend full-time job with 15k -25k salary. It not easy and the fact that I was in my second year of engineering made the chances of getting a job next to impossible. So after reaching college, I discussed the issue with Sowmya and Rita. They were shocked at first by my mom’s decision. But then thought of it briefly. They decided that they too will take the same path as me by earning their expenses and living independently. Now we started looking for a cheap and safe room. Luckily found a well-furnished duplex in a gated community. It had ample resources such as grocery hospital and also 24-hour security. So even though rent was a bit high we took the lease for one year. Since we were going to get support from our families till the 1st of next month, we were able to pay the rent advance. We set up the house with necessary items especially in the kitchen which we needed and moved into the duplex. We were having the time of our lives, enjoying till late nights. But every one of us was having the same question in mind. How to earn money to meet our expenses from next month? So we started looking for part-time jobs in nearby areas where a few industries and organizations were functioning. But to no avail. As days passed tension turned into desperation.