I am on a blogging roll this week!
So today was not as tense as other days. Especially not with the family, although there is always time for things to go south. Anyway, my father remarked on a family friend who is now 29 years old. She is still doing nursing school and is unmarried, without children. She's still living with her family actually. Anyway, my father was telling about all his accomplishments by that age, and then about my mother's. He's telling me that if I end up nowhere when I'm 30 he'll be very disappointed. He didn't physically state that, but he was totally hinting at it.
Life is so different from the "old country" though. Back there you're old at 40 and old at 26 if you're unmarried. Of course they frown on premarital whatnot and spending money. But these are all "normal things" these days.
Although I want to follow the traditions, it's hard not to get caught up on what's really happening. Peer pressure is difficult and people are getting sneakier. Some students choose to stick to silence and others choose to shout their opinions at the top of their lungs. "It's all about drinks, it's all about drugs and it's all about sex." Maybe for some people, but not everyone.
I think the worst part is the media, epecially television shows. Many of them show Americans like these crazy people. Especially Californians. As a member of this Golden State, with some random connections, I have to admit that not everyone here is a supermodel, Asian, superstar or Hispanic. Not everyone has money or is friends with some famous person and in the know. I happen to know a girl who lives in a northern area. She said the headlines of newspapers report dead bears in the street, not the latest A-List Abuse.
Anyway, with all these changes it's hard to do what is expected. May God have mercy on my parents if I one day go crazy.
So today was not as tense as other days. Especially not with the family, although there is always time for things to go south. Anyway, my father remarked on a family friend who is now 29 years old. She is still doing nursing school and is unmarried, without children. She's still living with her family actually. Anyway, my father was telling about all his accomplishments by that age, and then about my mother's. He's telling me that if I end up nowhere when I'm 30 he'll be very disappointed. He didn't physically state that, but he was totally hinting at it.
Life is so different from the "old country" though. Back there you're old at 40 and old at 26 if you're unmarried. Of course they frown on premarital whatnot and spending money. But these are all "normal things" these days.
Although I want to follow the traditions, it's hard not to get caught up on what's really happening. Peer pressure is difficult and people are getting sneakier. Some students choose to stick to silence and others choose to shout their opinions at the top of their lungs. "It's all about drinks, it's all about drugs and it's all about sex." Maybe for some people, but not everyone.
I think the worst part is the media, epecially television shows. Many of them show Americans like these crazy people. Especially Californians. As a member of this Golden State, with some random connections, I have to admit that not everyone here is a supermodel, Asian, superstar or Hispanic. Not everyone has money or is friends with some famous person and in the know. I happen to know a girl who lives in a northern area. She said the headlines of newspapers report dead bears in the street, not the latest A-List Abuse.
Anyway, with all these changes it's hard to do what is expected. May God have mercy on my parents if I one day go crazy.
