So filial liddat can die!!!
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"Did you make a police report against him?" Mom asked.
"No. He is my husband. If he's arrested, then I would not have any income. And if I have no money, then my kids and I would have nothing to eat." She reasoned.
"Okay, so what's your plan? What's the exact purpose of your visit here today?" Mom queried her intention sceptically.
"Actually, I... errr... would like to send mom (my paternal grandmother) to stay at your place permanently. So that my husband and I can have our privacy back. We want to spend more quality time with each other to improve the relationship."
Okay let's pause here for a few seconds. Before I continue further, let's get the whole picture right.
This is the SAME cheebye aunt who doesn't allow my paternal grandmother to be my mom's confinement caregiver when we were born. Here are the lame excuses given by her during those days when we were still babies:
1. I was born around the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Hungry Ghost Festival is a big festive occasion, need to prepare a lot of things to pray to the wandering ghosts and to our ancestors, my house needs you."
2. My 1st sis was born around Moon Cake Festival.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Moon Cake Festival is a big festive occasion, need to prepare a lot of things to pray to the moon, my house needs you."
3. My baby sis was born around New Year time.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Chinese New Year is around the corner, need to prepare a lot of things and do spring cleaning, my house needs you."
Even sometimes when my mom needs someone to babysit us just for a few hours, my cheebye aunt will say, "Cannot. Who is going to take care of my kids then?"
And hence, it's always my maternal grandma from Kampar who will drop everything off her shoulders to come take care of my mom and us everytime we need a hand.
So you see, my dad's sis, the aforementioned cheebye aunt of mine whom I suspect has the most loose cheebye on earth, is a selfish and self-centred bitch who prohibits others to 'share' her mother when she is capable. Now that my paternal grandma has become old and less agile, she is using her husband's infidelity in the pretext to push her back to us. Very smart isn't she?
And the worst part is the rest of my CHEEBYE aunts are ALL standing by her side. They ALL agreed that it's my mom's turn to take care of my paternal grandma. They ALL pointed their finger at my mom and they ALL said in unison, "You have never take care of mom before. Now it's your turn. If you don't accept her with open arms, then you are not a filial person."
My mom rolled her eyes and she asked softly, "Excuse me. Do you know what filial piety is? Do you consider yourself a filial daughter when you yourself don't want your own mother when she is old?"
(To be continued...)
Click here for Part 2.
Click here for Part 4.
Click here for Part 5.
"Did you make a police report against him?" Mom asked.
"No. He is my husband. If he's arrested, then I would not have any income. And if I have no money, then my kids and I would have nothing to eat." She reasoned.
"Okay, so what's your plan? What's the exact purpose of your visit here today?" Mom queried her intention sceptically.
"Actually, I... errr... would like to send mom (my paternal grandmother) to stay at your place permanently. So that my husband and I can have our privacy back. We want to spend more quality time with each other to improve the relationship."
Okay let's pause here for a few seconds. Before I continue further, let's get the whole picture right.
This is the SAME cheebye aunt who doesn't allow my paternal grandmother to be my mom's confinement caregiver when we were born. Here are the lame excuses given by her during those days when we were still babies:
1. I was born around the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Hungry Ghost Festival is a big festive occasion, need to prepare a lot of things to pray to the wandering ghosts and to our ancestors, my house needs you."
2. My 1st sis was born around Moon Cake Festival.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Moon Cake Festival is a big festive occasion, need to prepare a lot of things to pray to the moon, my house needs you."
3. My baby sis was born around New Year time.
She said to my grandma,
"Mom, you cannot go help them because Chinese New Year is around the corner, need to prepare a lot of things and do spring cleaning, my house needs you."
Even sometimes when my mom needs someone to babysit us just for a few hours, my cheebye aunt will say, "Cannot. Who is going to take care of my kids then?"
And hence, it's always my maternal grandma from Kampar who will drop everything off her shoulders to come take care of my mom and us everytime we need a hand.
So you see, my dad's sis, the aforementioned cheebye aunt of mine whom I suspect has the most loose cheebye on earth, is a selfish and self-centred bitch who prohibits others to 'share' her mother when she is capable. Now that my paternal grandma has become old and less agile, she is using her husband's infidelity in the pretext to push her back to us. Very smart isn't she?
And the worst part is the rest of my CHEEBYE aunts are ALL standing by her side. They ALL agreed that it's my mom's turn to take care of my paternal grandma. They ALL pointed their finger at my mom and they ALL said in unison, "You have never take care of mom before. Now it's your turn. If you don't accept her with open arms, then you are not a filial person."
My mom rolled her eyes and she asked softly, "Excuse me. Do you know what filial piety is? Do you consider yourself a filial daughter when you yourself don't want your own mother when she is old?"
(To be continued...)
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