Asian Life
* There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
* You make tea in a saucepan.
* You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery
bags for it.
* You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
* You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home.
* Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister
and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
* You call an older person you've never met before
"uncle".
* You hide everything from your parents.
* Everyone is a family friend.
* Everyone always called you for help on homework.
* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
* You were thick so you study computer science or
business instead.
* You know no one who has studied music.
* You went to a university as far away from home as
possible.
* You still came back home to live with your parents
after you had finished.
* Your best friend got married at the age of 16.
* You only make telephone calls after 6pm.
* You like the meat well done.
* You eat onions with everything.
* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
* You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
* You say you hate Indian films(/songs) but secretly
watch(/hear) them with your parents.
* You teach Westerners swearwords in your language.
* You order Indian food in your own language to impress
the people you're with but the waiters don't understand
you.
* You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the
light on".
* You secure your baggage with a rope.
* You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the
airport and you see all twenty-five members of your
family who have come to pick you up.
* You go back to your parents' country and people treat
you like a member of the royal family.
* You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you
story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to
get to school.
* Your Dad drives a Nissan.
* You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.
* To your American friends, oil is used purely for cooking
and not as a grooming aid.
* Your parents have nicknames but only because people
they work with just stop when trying to read their
names.
* Your parents call all your friends "Beta" whether they
are Indian or not.
* If you aren't married and you turn 25, your parents
start wringing their hands and proclaim that it's too
late.
* You are sick and tired of answering questions about
"the dot".
* Your friends could not explain your religion to someone
if they tried.
* You could not explain your religion to someone if you
tried.
* Your parents push the concept of an arranged marriage
on you and try and demonstrate how well it works
whenever they're not fighting.
* You notice that whenever you go to another Indian's
house, your parents always talk about businesses...
especially if they're for sale.
* The second you pull out of someone's driveway, your
parents start talking about them.
* At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to
India"
* Your parents worry what other people will think if
you're not going to be a doctor/lawyer/engineer.
* You're parent's always say, "It's cheaper in India"
-Areej😛
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