I think Korean parents, especially those steeped in the Korean culture should really take the advice "honesty is the best policy" with a grain of salt. I remember in high school when I was going through my acne stage, Korean adults would ask, "Why do you have so many pimples?" or when I gained my freshmen 20 they'd comment, "Oh, you gained a lot of weight!"
During breakfast I asked mama mun how her nails were holding up since she got a gel coat. She said that it already chipped. She said she showed her friends and they said, "It's ugly." And when she told them, "My daughter in law treated me out because I've been working so hard," her friends said, "She must have taken you to a bad place."
Aish.
Koreans and Jews must get along well.
ReplyDeleteOnce, when Meg and I were still dating, Meg brought over a pie that she had made and gave a piece to my dad. He stood there in front of us, dove right into the pie and loudly announced that it was way too sweet while he kept wolfing the piece down.
That is just one of many stories I could share, Meg feels your pain.
brutal. too many of these have i partaken in. -_- hang in there annie.
ReplyDeletebrutality. -_-;;
ReplyDeleteoh yaw... j's parents aren't tooooo much (relatively) with this "honesty" thing but i remember when i was living in korea, sometimes i would go to the bathroom and cry bc ppl were so upfront with me. i don't have a very thick skin :(
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