Not my photograph of the stars…
Thoughts from reading an article on the papers, translated…
After reading “Being Moved by a Cup of Sweet Tea”, it’d made me feel, that it takes an understanding mother-in-law, two open families, to make a perfect marriage work, and, it’d given that already-there happiness to that unborn child too.
My friend, Xiao-Ching, had the same situations as the aforementioned article, her son married because he got a girl pregnant, at first, both families were shocked too, but, they’re both, accepting and were all very, glad about it, and the two families interacted nicely with each other.
Xiao-Ching who’s real glad that she’d become a very young grandmother, often told her friends and families of how wonderful her daughter-in-law is, other than taking her maternity leave to care for her baby, she’d also, handled all of the household chores she’s able to, and she’s also, an amazing cook as well; what’s more precious was, she’d made her son, who was seen as a “mama’s boy” grow up quite a lot, her son started taking on the responsibilities of providing for his own family, and, after work, he’d’ rushed home to bathe his own child, do the laundry, feed the child, and did the laundry, becoming a good husband, an amazing father, became, a good son who doesn’t worry his own parents.
Awhile ago, a few of us good friends got together, W talked about how a friend originally planned to retire early, but, her daughter got knocked up while she was still in school, and her boyfriend wouldn’t take up the responsibilities for providing for his own child, and, so, she was left, to raise her own grandchild, and, for the sake of her grandson, she’d had to, work on, for a couple of years more.
C said, that her niece moved in with her boyfriend, but didn’t want to get married, causing the family stress, later on, the family changed their minds, just see it as a trial marriage, so long as there’s no child, if they’d not gotten along, breaking up wouldn’t be that big a deal.
F talked about how her daughter had a younger, foreign boyfriend, she couldn’t knock the senses into her own daughter, and so, she’d told her daughter, to protect herself, that unless she’s ready to get married, then, she’d needed to use protections.
not my photo here still…
It’s a different time now, the younger generations are impulsive in love, other than teaching the girls to protect themselves, we’d also needed to teach the guys to be more responsible, and, if the two kids got pregnant accidentally, then, the parents must be notified, and, both parents must have an open and tolerating attitude, to make the best kind of arrangements.
Because this, is a different day and age compared to say, you (the older generations’) times, that, is why as parents, these people had forced themselves, to adapt, to the fact, that this, is how, the younger generations are living, and, a lot of the couple out there are living together, intimate with one another, but without that marriage, and, even IF as parents, you’d find it hard to accept, you will learn to adapt, because it’s your kids’ lives, and, there’s NO way you can control how they choose to live their own lives, all you can do, is to be sure, that you can be there to help them out (within the realms, of course) when they needed you to chip in…
Life, the Obstacle Course 