""I have a Chinese friend who married the doctor that literally saved her mother's life. He's Korean, from a wealthy family of all doctors, and has always seemed like a nice guy. She is an attorney and so smart that I use her as my human Google. Doesn't matter, her parents cut her off and don't speak to her because she got pregnant before they were married," one person wrote."
""Ming-Na is not Ming-Na, she is her mother's daughter who was supposed to listen to her and do exactly what her parents told her to do. It doesn't matter if she's one of the world's most recognized actresses and is wealthy beyond belief. She likely didn't fulfill some dream her mother had and is therefore a failure.""
""As a woman with a Chinese mother, this resonates. My mom can insult and compliment me in the same breath," someone else said."
A Chinese woman married a Korean doctor who saved her mother's life and built a successful career as an attorney, yet her parents cut her off when she became pregnant before marriage. Public recognition, wealth, and professional achievements do not override expectations about obedience and fulfilling parental dreams in some families. The Ming-Na example shows that fame and success can still be judged as failure if family expectations remain unmet. Emotional responses from parents can blend praise and criticism, reflecting complex intergenerational and cultural pressures around honor, filial piety, and conformity.
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