The loud family next door is talking about eating paus - the son's complaining his dad ate the paus but the dad said the son ate all 3. Anyway, that reminded me of my younger days when my mum used to buy our favourite food that were insufficient for the whole family. For example, she would buy 3 mangoes for the 4 of us and we had to share. Well, most of the time, my bro & I had the luxury of having one each. And then when it comes to other food, she'll go, "let the kids eat more, they like it."
But I didn't understand. If everyone likes it, why not buy more? We may not be rich but I'm sure we could afford 1 more mango, no? I think it's a way of Chinese parents showing their love and it shouldn't be this way.
But times have changed. Last week, she didn't buy 3 mangoes. There were 6. More than enough. And then the question was, who's having the extra? I didn't.
But I didn't understand. If everyone likes it, why not buy more? We may not be rich but I'm sure we could afford 1 more mango, no? I think it's a way of Chinese parents showing their love and it shouldn't be this way.
But times have changed. Last week, she didn't buy 3 mangoes. There were 6. More than enough. And then the question was, who's having the extra? I didn't.
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