Comments on: Do You Have Hypocritical Parents?

By: Jecho

Jecho — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:38:41 +0000

Got your blog from wise bread site. I like your insights and common sense. Chinese moms, I totally understand. I’ve seen and met quite a few who are totally paranoid and hypocritical. THe justifications and reasonings that they use tend to be circular and when you point this out to them they blow their top. Usually, I rely on my mother’s sound judgment and good common sense in a lot of things but somethings can cause an emotional tripwire that sets off this colossal drama bomb. If I could figure it out I would tell you how to avoid it, but I don’t know what it is.

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By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:06:32 +0000

@Shobogenzo

I find it interesting that you’re a white guy with a Chinese dad. How does that work out?

By: Shobogenzo

Shobogenzo — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:24:27 +0000

I dread the day that either one of my parents find my blog.

I have witnessed way too much of the brag/shame behavior that you discuss in this post. It seems people love to talk about about how much they have if they have way more, or way less than other people.

I really don’t get why so many people are so proud of how much money they make. If I see someone driving down the street in an expensive car obviously trying to show off their wealth, I just think, “Wow, another boring person going through a midlife crisis trying to compensate for something.” If I later meet them, I usually find out I was right.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:37:26 +0000

hi Hoel… anyway, let me explain the joke in comment #1. This is the friend I wrote about in one of my blog posts. When we were 14 he came over to my house and just hung out. Being the silly boy he is he jumped all over my bed and made a mess. Then my mom came home and thought that we were doing something bad in bed. Then my mom accused us and made him feel weird about being my friend for quite a few months. So yes, she has a history of being paranoid. This situation just made that comment extra funny to me.