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My Chinese mother-in-law just travelled back after spending 2,5 months with us in Europe. Of course there's a bit of tension living with another grown-up who h
by sshine 2y ago
My Chinese mother-in-law just travelled back after spending 2,5 months with us in Europe.
Of course there's a bit of tension living with another grown-up who has different rules.
But it was transformative, my wife cried when she went back, and we both miss her.
She'll be back in 3 months for another 3 months.
Of course she will live with us when her health begins to fail. (It will be another 25-30 years.)
And yes, there are different problems. But to discommunicate your parents is not an Asian thing.
- rayiner 2y agoYes, my family is Bangladeshi and my parents live ten minutes away. We are over there multiple times a week with our kids and usually sleep over on Fridays. Similar story with my Bangladeshi relatives in Australia and Canada. We have a critical mass in Toronto and Sydney and everyone lives nearby (several families in the same apartment complex or the same subdivision) and are constantly visiting each other. We moved to America when I was six, and I grew up without family nearby, and I still mourn the loss of that connection.