“What cultural differences? What do you mean?!”
Psychic closing her eyes, breathing deep…
“Does your family say, ‘I love you’ to each other?”
Nodding, very quickly, “Yes. Of course.”
“Oh… his family doesn’t.”
WHAT?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?! “What do you MEAN?!?!!?!?”
“They might say, ‘I’m proud of you,’ or they might say it in actions, and other ways, but — from his perspective, and in his experiences — they never actually say the three words, I. Love. You. as a family…”
… “Ugh… they’re… Asian?”
Psychic, relieved, “I didn’t want to say that. YOU said that.”
(Chuckling) “It’s fine. I know our reputation!” ^0^ LOL
“So, your family says it?”
“YES! We are not typical Asians that way.”
Psychic is nodding and smiling. “That’s nice. Maybe you could teach him and his family… to say it more often!”
“Ooh… interesting… okay?”
“They have SO MUCH LOVE in their family. They just don’t say those words… they haven’t learned how to do it.”
Wow…
“How did your family do it?”
“I don’t know…”
“Your parents…” Psychic closing her eyes again… “Are they more, Westernized?”
“Maybe. I don’t know…”
“It’s like your parents didn’t always grow up in Asia…”
“Hmmm… they’ve both been to America and Europe quite a bit when they were in their 20s…”
“Yep. That’s it. That’s the difference. And they had good mentors. They were very well protected. They even still keep in touch?”
“Yes, they have some European, American friends…”
“Ahh… so they don’t see (excuse my language) ‘white people’ — as an Other? In a more threatening way?”
(CHUCKLES) “No. They don’t perceive that. At all.”
“It’s different… there’s a lot of cultural tensions. It’s hard to explain. It’s awkward.”
“Oh, I see…” It’s not uncommon… it’s logical that many immigrant families might feel that way…
“Your family is very blessed.”
Awww… thanks…? I guess…?
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