ASIAN PARENTS...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sometimes, my parents frustrate me so much. asian parents are so much different from other american parents because of their totally different mindset that i feel like growing up with them makes you a totally different person. there are certain little things that they do that make a big difference between an asian american and all-american childhood.
1) They make you repeat every. single. thing. you say.
and then spell it out, using words, preferably names. example: "mom, i'm going to jamie's apartment." "WHAT?!" "i'm going to jamie's apartment" "you're going who what?" "JAMIE'S APARTMENT!" "who? spell his name" "j -a-m-i-e" "k-e-n-i-a?" "ugh, j for jack, a for amy, m for max, i for irene, e for ed" "oh jamie! why don't you speak clearly!" sigh.
2) They're really cheap about little things, but then spend like high rollers.
when the post office forets to stamp a used stamp, my dad soaks it in water and reuses it just to save the 40 cents or so. but then he'll go out and buy a lexus LS430 on a whim. also, he goes NUTS if i have to pay 10 cents for an overdue library book.
3)It's like when russell peters was imitating that chinese man who was like, "fiftee cent a lotta monee.
You save fiftee cent heah, you go save fiftee cent somewhea else. now you have ONE whole dolla!" that's totally my dad. i swear i thought he was standing behind me and screaming while i was watching youtube. it's not like it's an uncommon situation when i'm at home.
4)Just because a boy/girl is smart and very "obedient," they are your soulmate.
it seems like every few weeks, my parents are telling me about some new boy who is "an engineer at MIT, goes home every weekend, and is saving up to buy his parents a retirement house" (aka pansy or nerd) that i should go call up and convince to marry me. this began once i turned 15 and my mom started seriously freaking out that i hadn't found a potential husband yet. i actually met one of these guys in person (they ambushed me at my house!) and he called me a princess. ugh, so unfair. how would he know anyway? it's not like i even talked or looked at him the entire time. haha.
4)If you complain about anything, they always have a worse story from their childhood.
i remember i was once complaining about how i hate drinking whole milk and my mom was like "you should be thankful you even have milk! back when i was young, there was such a shortage that we would be lucky if we had half a glass for our entire family! we almost had bone problems and we all had digestive problems, but there was only five bathrooms and seven children. some of us were lactose intolerant too, so the toilets would get clogged and then--" jeez okay, okay. life was hard. don't need to get into the nitty gritty details there
I don't know if this applies to ALL asian parents, it just seems common based on listening to my other asian friends' experiences too. and even though these asian parent quirks can be somewhat annoying from time to time, i wouldn't have it any other way.
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