Feb 17, 2008 01:29
And also when my Mom calls.
Apparently.
In the years I've lived in the US, I can probably count the times my folks have phoned me on their own--NOT to return a missed call, or to say, "Hey, buy this thing before you come home, OK? Asia has no items" and NOT counting my birthday--and have fingers left over. It's the number one thing that annoys me about them. My Asian friends? Or, that is, my Asian-from-Asia friends? Some of their moms call them everyday.
Mom: But wouldn't that annoy you?
Me: YES, THAT IS THE POINT.
Mom: I don't get it.
Me: Your western-ness is undermining my cultural identity.
I'd talked to her about my quest for a proper name the last time we talked, and this time she told me that she has developed a formula for finding me a name. I'm a bit concerned, because my mother is german, and the last time she suggested a name it was along the lines of Hans or Fritz.
Me: D: