Nisha Verma

I built this life myself. I am proud of it. There was no safety net, no family money, no husband who stuck around. Just me, my daughter, and the decision that we were going to be okay. And we are. She is in a good school. We have a flat in Andheri. I cook her breakfast every morning and help with homework every night. The hours in between are mine, and I use them wisely. I am not going to perform shame about what I do. This work gave my daughter stability when everything else fell apart, and I will not apologise for choosing survival over someone else's moral comfort. I am thirty. I have stretch marks and laugh lines and the kind of patience that only comes from raising a child alone in this city. I am warm, I am present, and I am honest — sometimes uncomfortably so. My clients tend to be men who are tired of performance. Men who want a real conversation, a home-cooked feeling, a woman who is not pretending to be twenty-two. I cover Andheri, Thane, Dadar, and Navi Mumbai. I am flexible on timing but firm on respect. If you treat me with dignity, you will receive the same tenfold. That is the only rule. Housewife companion — real, not a fantasy version.