Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kubva kunze, Anand Iyer airatidzika kuva nezvose. Mudzimai, mwanasikana anodikanwa ane makore maviri okukura, uye basa rine mubhadharo wamatanda matanhatu nekambani inotungamirira yetekinoroji muSan Francisco yaaifarira. Asi sezviri pachena mubatanidzwa wezviroto hauna kukwana kwazvo. Murume ane makore 36 okukura akarega basa rake kuti ave murume womumba - uye zvino haagoni kuva anofara zvikuru. Anand Iyer akashanda pawebsite yemafashoni inonzi Threadflip, asi akasiya basa rake kuti apedze nguva ari pamba. Achitaura neYahoo Parenting, akati: 'Ndakatanga kuzvibvunza kuti, "Ndiri kushandira chii zvakaoma kudaro? Nei tiri kuedza kuita kuti upenyu hwedu huve hwakanaka kwazvo asi tisiri kupedza nguva nomwana wedu?"' Iye 'akanzwa akaipa' pamusoro pokusaona mwanasikana wake muduku Ava, akadaro Iyer, uye akatambura kuti afambe pakati pamabasa omushandi nababa. Mushure mekushanda paMicrosoft, akatamira kuTreadflip kuti ave mukuru wezvigadzirwa zvavo. Kunyange zvazvo akanga azvimanikidza kuti asvike ikoko, akaziva kuti yakanga isiri nharidzano yaakanga achivavarira. 'Handina kupedza nguva naye manheru,' Iyer akaudza nzvimbo yacho. Akaudza Yahoo kuti nzvimbo yokutamba ndiyo yakanga yakaipisisa. 'Ndaitarira pasi pafoni yangu kakawanda nokuti ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti ndinoshamwaridzana sei nayo. 'Handina kuziva zvokutaura. Asi zvishoma nezvishoma ndiri kutanga kupinda mudenderedzwa iroro. Kunoreva kuva imomo nguva nenguva, ndinofunga. Uye zvino zvandakaita ikoku kanoverengeka, uye ndiri kuziva vanhu vari munharaunda, zvava nani.' Naizvozvo muna January, akaendesa chiziviso chake. Pamwe chete nemari yaIyer, mudzimai wake Shreya, ane makore 34, ari kutsigira mhuri nebasa rake somutariri wokutsvaka vanhu paSplunk, kambani inoongorora mashoko. Anobvuma kuti pane dzimwe nguva kunonzwa kusagadzikana: 'Pane dzimwe nguva handina kumborara usiku pamusoro pemari yedu. 'Asi chokwadi ndechokuti ndine rombo rakanaka kuti ndave ndichishanda nguva refu ndisingamiri saka zvainge zvisina kuoma kuti tishandure mari sezvingave zvaifanira kunge zvakaita.' Iyer ari rutivi rweboka riri kukura ravarume vari kuputsa gadziriro yechinyakare yevabereki kuti vapedze nguva yakawanda navana vavo. Maererano neongororo ichangobva kuitwa nePew Research, 46 muzana yavanababa...
Anand Iyer, ane makore 36, akanga achiwana mari ine manhamba matanhatu paTreadflip muSan Francisco. Akaziva kuti akanga asina kuwana nguva yakawanda yokuona mwanasikana wake, Ava, ane makore 2. Akanzwa asina kugadzikana panhandare uye Ava akanga akarara paakasvika kumba. Akasiya basa rake kuti ave murume womumba, anoti 'ndiro bhizimisi rakanakisisa' Mudzimai wake Shreya, ane makore 34, zvino anotsigira mhuri somutarisiri wokutsvaka vanhu.