Mio van der Mei

Ken より:

I fortunately don’t have such obstacles. What I feel once in a while is lack of understanding from them toward me, and from me toward them. And these can be cleared usually after lengthy talks.

Dazz より:

My parents argued ALL.THE.TIME. Cultural differences can cause gasoline to be thrown onto an already burning fire. I just don’t think they were compatible but stayed together for the sake of my brother and I. My dad moved out a few times but came back after a few weeks.

I thank him (and esp my mom) for their sacrifice cause they both had triggers which set off the other person. It deeply affected my brother because he’s older thus was able to understand it more but it got to me as well.

Hope your family doesn’t have such issues, Mio.

Yoshi より:

I find that I’m still learning how different Japanese culture is (my father is american). Things like sarcasm don’t translate (皮肉 is not the same). I was a horrible child and ignored most of the differences my mom had with american culture when she expressed them to me. To this day, I still don’t quite understand her outlook.

Specifically, between my parents, there isn’t too much of an issue they haven’t worked out yet directly caused by culture. Japanese gift giving seemed to be a problem years ago but my father gets it now. Their are some nicities and formalities that I’m not sure either my father or I get. But at best they aren’t a big deal.