[First part of this conversation pieced together from two overlapping conversations.]
Mom: "All married couples fight like this. Ask our chinese friends."
Me: "Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
Mom: "A lot of them have it much worse. Remember Ree who runs the clothing boutique in Beijing? Her husband had an affair with a woman twenty years younger. The mistress came to the shop to stir up trouble. Ree had to take her own money and pay off the mistress."
Me: "Why doesn't she divorce that jackass?"
Mom: "Naturally as Chinese people, they want to avoid divorce. Or at least my generation feels that way."
Me: "嫁鸡随鸡， 嫁狗随狗。 (Marry a chicken, follow a chicken. Marry a dog, follow a dog.)"
Mom: "Yeah."
Me: "What a crappy way to live."
... a couple hours later ...
Mom: So! When are you going to get a boyfriend? You should think about marriage soon!
Cool, Chinese proverbs now!
ReplyDeletemmmm... you can tell your mom that you are a lesbian. That way she won't bug you anymore about getting married. :-D
ReplyDeleteOf course, you need to stand very closely by her side when you tell her, just in case she fainted...
Tell her that you already have a boyfriend, and that he's black. That should pretty much end all casual marriage conversations. (I am black by the way, so don't take this as a racist comment)
ReplyDeleteHahahahaa... very hillarious.
ReplyDeleteMy mom: So! When are you going to get a girlfriend?
Asian typical. Im an Asian too and 31 y/o. Have a g/f but dont have a plan for marriage. :)