Lunar New Year has joined the chat.

Wait actually nvm, the parents give $100 in a 红包 to your aunt’s kid, then your aunt gives you $100 in a 红包, then you both say thanks.

Then you go home and your parents tell you to give it to them to “safeguard” the money for you; “帮你保管” my mom said, “for college”.

So result:

Money exchanged, money has been moved, but zero actual value has been transfered. They just have a different, fungible, $100.

Gifts: None, except temporarily in possession of $100

But you know, “your mom gave birth to you, you need to 感恩, to be thankful” xD

“世上只有妈妈好” lolol

Thank a lot mom, I love the um… gestures to the air in front of me gift you gave me, very lovely mom 🤗

(okay I kinda exaggerage, I did sometimes get gifts, but not often. it was so rare lol. often its nothing I really wanted… 🥺)

Ugh… Asian Families… It is what it is… I wasn’t even supposed to be born, so I should probably be more thankful to my parents that I even survived past One Child Policy.