Asian Parents

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• Hotel shampoo
• Dishwashers are shelves
• Plastic bags
• Don't say please
• Chopsticks for everything
• Oven holds pots and pans
• Reusing paper towels
• Refusal to turn on thermostat (too cold)
• Keeping plastic wrapper on everything
• Slippers
• Sauce packets from restaurants
• Tiger Balm
• Magical soap refills
• Money's worth from a buffet
• Misleading containers/reusing pickle jars
• Chicken feet cold medicine
• Did you eat yet?
• Reusing containers
• Tough love
• Buying noodles in bulk
• Comparing colleges with other Asian parents (UCLA/Berkeley)
• Live with parents forever
• Asian fruit dessert
• Not scared of killing insects in the house
• Birds and the Bees
• Good grades, no dating
• Saving a little bit of food
• Only can be doctor
• No piercings or tattoos
• Refilling water bottles with tap water
• Keeping expired food
• No cold water
• Calling out acne
• Assuming acceptance from college
• Gossip quietly
• Where have you been? Skilled interrogators
• Never feel cold
• Food bipolarism (encourage to eat, then call fat)
• American foods too sweet
• Music is a hobby, not a career
• Can't operate a camera/Camera turned off by itself
• Comparing you to better cousins/children of friends - medical school acceptance
• No sleepovers/Don't trust the neighbors
• Electronic protection/wrapping
• A's are average
• Did you do your homework?
• Traditions that you don't know or you'll bring shame to the family
• Summer break? More like summer school
• Whatever is in their hands = smack smack smack
• Scolding for being lazy
• Love for variety shows
• No hobbies, just raising you children
• Prestigious college = amazing person = date them
• Asking bunch of ridiculous questions during movies/TV shows