Over dinner, suddenly my grandmother asked me, \\”Are you going to bring a boyfriend home one of these days? From over there?\\”<\/p>\n
One of those questions that I should expect to come one day. My parents refrain from asking those questions because they didn\\’t get married until they were 30 and believe I shouldn\\’t either.<\/p>\n
I began searching for the Chinese words in my head for what I wanted to say and eventually blurted out in broken chinese, \\”I don\\’t need boyfriend! Have friends! I have many friends! Men…\\”<\/p>\n
My sister interjected, \\”Men! So much nonsense!\\”<\/p>\n
My father overhearing the conversation, perked up and said, \\”What she is saying is that they have many friends, but they just happen to be male. Not a boyfriend.\\”<\/p>\n
I confirmed, \\”Yes! Friends! Better! Happy!\\”<\/p>\n
My grandmother got it, \\”Oh, are you trying to say \\’problematic\\’?\\”<\/p>\n
\\”Yes! Men! Problematic!\\”<\/p>\n
Then when my parents weren\\’t looking, my grandmother gave my sister and I each $50 as christmas presents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over dinner, suddenly my grandmother asked me, \\”Are you going to bring a boyfriend home one of these days? From over there?\\” One of those questions that I should expect to come one day. My parents refrain from asking those … Continue reading