My 34 Comics Show What It Is Like Growing Up In A Chinese Family

Too true.

This is the truest thing I've seen

Could someone explain the cultural context behind this? What I see is: someone offers to help. She says "no". Her "no" is respected... and she's upset by her "no" being respected (?). I've lived in many countries, so I'd genuinely like to understand the cultural context behind her being upset by not being helped, when she said she didn't need / want help. :)

When people do this s**t I tell them to f**k themselves if they ever mention it. Even if I don't offer help if you freaking need it FFS just ask. Can't accuse someone of not helping if you either never ask or never accept it

Also a Southern U.S.A rural thing

Its absolute must to decline help in Chinese tradition, but the the person being declined must still help and the person rejecting must continue to decline

This is my mom right here!!!!!!

Same as All Asian mother in laws 🤔

Soo, she really wants him to help cook? I guess so??

when asian etiquette collides with personal wants.

Sad and cute at the same time

Omg that is just SO. TRUE.

hahaha 666 is a chinese lucky number but we americans think its cursed

i like frances tally marks

That's adorable

As a teacher in China I see this way too often.

That's panda diplomacy and it's thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_diplomacy

Wooooha haha

Its missing the all important "mom ingredient"

no kidding thats my dinner every night.

This is sweet!

"We are the same" - Yes

More like a mouse

That is sooooo me

hahahahhhahhahhahha thats my mom

I support this. If you can't afford a roof over your head, you're in no position to be proposing marriage. The way it looks, you're putting the responsibility of that roof on your partner, and that's not cool. Key note, when I say afford, I don't inherently mean own. I rented a room in a house for years before moving in my with my wife, but the point was that I paid for my own shelter. If I couldn't afford that much, I would never have asked her to marry me. My wellbeing should *never* be her responsibility.

After that, the shop next-door will start the offer at 80.

It will come back to you with a little practise. Immense respect for people who speak more than one language.

busted

Well we Filipinos are more often be with our parents until we get married and sometimes even if we are we still doesn't move out because we can't leave our parents behind.

If we believe in it enough, maybe it will be true

I believed her for years before discovering that she was leaving the best parts for me. Cri ;w;

Too real!!! I don't think my grandma realizes that I spend 90% of the time sitting down so I can't really use all that food

This is cool.

Wow...that’s impressive. So thoughtful and gracious.

Mouse!

YES! SO TRUE!

LOVE fry bread!

In the US, not so long ago, smoking was promoted to pregnant women to help them "relax", and kids were marketed to with candy (fake) cigarettes..... It's simply 2 different eras in marketing, in 2 different countries, with 2 different goals in mind. One is to make money off of cigarettes, the other is to not have the health care system pay for the repercussions of smoking cigarettes.

Is there a reason for throwing it out the window? In my culture a tooth is put under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come and take in exchange for money or a trinket. Would be interesting to know about any others, too!

and when you see a stranger who's a young woman, you call her aunty. a stranger who's a young man is addressed as uncle, and so on and so forth.

Why no fruit until 2 hrs after a meal? So you’ll eat all your food I guess?