Not really…
Why?! What’s wrong?!?! 🥺
I kind of… have heart burn? I think?
😱 r u taking anything for it?
I don’t have anything on me… just some mints. Hopefully that helps? 😅
Does it usually help?
No… 😅 but I’ll be okay. I think I’ll be okay…
🥺🥺🥺 go get whatever you need from a pharmacy?
Yeah… I’ll get it later… I’m okay. I’ll live.
Hmm… that doesn’t sound ok at all…
I’m fine. We can talk about something else…
You don’t sound fine…! 🤔
It’s okay, I’d rather talk about something else and it’ll distract me from the heart burn…
Really?!
Yes. And I think the mints are helping. I’m really feeling slightly better…
Okay… I don’t want you to suffer… 🥺
I’m OKAY. Let’s talk about something else…
I believe you when you say you’re okay. I don’t believe you when you say you’re “fine”…
I’m okay.
Okay… what else do you wanna talk about?
I don’t know? Is there anything else you wanna talk about?
Well, actually… the other friend… let’s call her… Cindy.
Cindy?
Yes. Totally fictional name. We don’t know any Cindy’s…
I do. I know a few Taiwanese Cindy’s…
Oh. Ummm… but you don’t know Cindy’s from my country, let alone famous ones.
I haven’t googled it to check but sure… let’s assume there’s no famous Cindy’s…
If there is then this is just a coincidence! We’re not actually talking about anybody named Cindy. It’s just a fictional character.
Okay… what about Cindy?
Well… she’d like to know more about.. Taiwanese… mother-in-laws? 😅
What about them?
Well… what can you tell us? We’re just so curious! Tell us whatever!!!
Ummm… sigh…
I don’t even have first-hand experience, I’ve never had a Taiwanese mother-in-law myself?!?!??!
That’s okay. Just whatever you think you can share… as a general anecdote?
Sigh… (Thinking)… 😒…
I guess I can tell you what my mother told me…
What did your mother tell you?
(Sigh) My mother taught me — that traditionally — the daughter-in-law is supposed to wake up before the whole family.
Oh? And do what?
Prepare BREAKFAST… for everybody…
Oh… 😅 Do you think Cindy’s boyfriend’s mother is going to expect her to do that when they get married?
No… it’s just a traditional concept… I mean, maybe some people still live like that. It’s totally possible. But not if Cindy is an international super star, no — nobody’s gonna fuckin’ expect Cindy to wake up before the whole household to make breakfast for everybody. It’s not gonna be like that…
But I guess it’s just an example of… traditional… expectations… of her place… in the family…
Oh… I see…
Is it a cultural difference?
Not really…
Yeah. Not really… the traditional expectations are all pretty similar…
What if Cindy’s mother-in-law is quite modern and Westernised?
Well then she’s very lucky! She should have a very nice mother-in-law! Like my own mother!
Oh? You think your mother is a nice mother-in-law?
Yes?! She doesn’t put any pressures or anything on my sister-in-law at all. She’s a nice mother-in-law!
Oh… okay… I see…
The overbearing ones expect grandchildren right away…
Riiiiiight… gotcha……..
Yeah… okay I gotta go. Love ya 😘🥰♥️
Love you too 😘 ♥️ HAPPY VALENTINES DAY 💝
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