Things Our Asian Moms Would say

And also, you're not supposed to have a firlfriend until you're 35.

She is loving, but very strict.

She's constantly moving, constantly working, constantly offering you food.

I would say my mom is wild. She's very energetic and very silly.

She can yell. Like, across a football stadium. "Sissy Joanne!"

What have I done in my past life to deserve this?

She'd be like, "Huh?"

Huh? What did you say? Can you say that again? Say that to your mother

I always just figured I would never date when I was in high school. or that if I was gonna do it, I'd have to do it in secret behind her back.

Thay want you to focus on schoolwork, and then by 25, they're like, "what's wrong with you?"

Kevin, if you had a girlfriend, you would tell me right? I'me just like yeah, sure-

You don't need any other man in your life besides your father

Discussions with my mom about dating were basically nonexistent.

When I go shopping with her, she'll be like, "Nothing past $10"

My mom has basically taught me that I don't have to pay anything at full price.

You have a shirt just like that, Sissy. Why would you spend any more money on another shirt like that?

Kevin, you need to think about the family."it's not just about you"

Up until college, I wore exclusively JCPenney clothes.

With career, my mom was just always like, "Are you sure you don't want to be a nurse?"

Well, you studied something Englishy.

You could go to law school.

When my mom met my roommate who is a programmer, She war like "Chris could have been a programmer too. He majored in programming, but you know, he's not a programmer"

you know, you should get your master's degree. Oh, you know, there's still time to be a pharmacist.

Doctor still gets thrown around.

Oh, whay don't you become a doctor?

She wanted me to grow in her footstpes. and do that same career, but it never really wored out., and I think she just got over it after while.

Somethimes moms just have a hard time accepting the fact that they can't help you with everything. I think that's also a really good opportunity for you to like bond with each other.

I'd resented it when I was younger, but I appreciate it now, and I wouldn't change anything.

And so I don't think I could ever thank her enough for just always looking out for me and making sure that had my head on straight, had money in my pocket, and my stomach was full.