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I can’t change my parents, can you? It was said that people born in the 1960s and the 1970s are a group that suffered a lot. My parents were born at that period. My father’s father is the eldest son of the biggest landlord in our town. My mother’s father is the principal in a local primary school, and grandma a teacher there.10 years’ the great culture revolution, natural calamities, depressed economy environment and strictly controlled political situation etc., yes, those are really enough to torture any person in that period. But time passed away, everything moved on, the bad things should be forgotten. Now everyone has abundant food to eat and lots of clothes to keep warm. But people at my parents’ age, are so mean to themselves. My parents seldom buy new clothes for themselves. They can wear a shirt for over 10 years and still put it in their garderobe. They do not buy their favorite food very often, most of the food come from the very small farmland beside their house. Any fancy but useless stuff, they would never never buy. They have worked so hard for so many years, now they get enough money to buy a big mansion, to buy a luxurious car, but they still maintain their simple life style. They are just used to their simple style, and get tired to make any changes? As their daughter, I prefer they quit the business and retire, since both of them are over 50. Thus they would have enough free time to do anything that make them happy. I tried to buy the best daily stuff for them, throw away poor quality stuff in their room… However, they repeat their living style. What is sad for me is that, my career just starts, I have so many goals to achieve, getting very limited time and money to take care of them. I can not get any help from them on my career and personal relationship either. We should have been very close as parents and daughter, but the distance has become so long, with my long time working 1000kms far away from them and telephone as the only communication tool. And what is a little funny is that in their opinion, child should call parents definitely instead of parents calling child. Maybe everyone just lives in his own way. Maybe it is a bad choice for me to try to change their life style. All I can do is to pray every day, God bless my parents. |
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