Typical Chinese Mom

I've been trying really hard to lose the baby weight I gained from having three kids.  I finally made some progress, took a photo of my backside (in a kind of loose shirt so the mushroom top didn't look so bad), and sent it to my mom in anticipation of some praise.

She called me back.  This was it.  I was going to hear how awesome I had been.  I had thought about cropping my face out of the image (I did a selfie with the mirror in the back), but the lighting was bad anyway - she'd hopefully ignore it.

"You look skinny!  But what is going on with your face?  You look tired.  You can't just be skinny and not take care of your skin.  Skin is very important.  Have you been using the masks I got you every night?  You look so much older!"

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I told her I was really busy and I had to go.  Thirty three years of this, and I have learned not to get mad.

"Oh, don't get mad," she told me.  "You just need to taking better care of your skin!"

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And that is my typical Chinese mom.

There you go.