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

Too true.

Not only Chinese parents do this... You have time for "these things", just study and be good - and then, come on, hurry up, we want grandchildren!

Ugh, this one hit a little too close to home. My mum has probably just given up all hope on me and will label me a spinster or "mother of kittens". Kind of sad how women are sometimes seen as something less if we choose not to get married.

Same thing happened in my family and Im not Chinese. You teach your kid that relationships are bad until they hit a certain age then just expect them to start dating? Where is the logic there?

Same in India

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

Sad and cute at the same time

Anyone else thinks she looks like on her deathbed?!?

I don’t remember your name but I remember I love you!

Omg that is just SO. TRUE.

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

At least it's not the number of the beast.

Same with 13... ugh... in my teens people thought I was trying to be all **cringe** edgy and cool and whatever by liking the number 13... Nooooo.... it's... actually... a lucky... number...

Plot twist: it turns out that 666 was not a reference to "Satan" (who wasn't yet solidified as a concept at that time), but a coded reference to the Roman emperor Nero, who was persecuting Christians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast#Nero

What do you mean you live on the 4th floor!!!

i like frances tally marks

Thank you for this info!.. I was taught "British way" = the way Americans have followed.

Never saw that in France 😒

What a lie.

I think I finally understand keeping bowling scores?!? Thanks!

That's adorable

Ah... ahahahahahha... oh, okay, this artist had parents who loved her... and were sweet about her moving... mine yelled at me for "insulting" them by moving out before they chose to kick me out... "What, this place is not GOOD enough for you, HAH? You think you're BETTER than us???"

This one is nice!

This is actually really sweet.

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

I donated blood in high school, a few weeks later a card came in the mail saying what date I was eligible to donate again and that my blood type was A+. My mom got said "Congratulations, you finally got an A+ in sOmEtHiNg. :P

This is not just Chinese. My family also.