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30 days agoIdk about this tbh, my parents are immigrants too but we celebrate say mother’s day and father’s day different than the days here. I will say I do have some friends prob in your position where their parents were against teaching them spanish but like my parents only spoke that so I learned I guess english as my second language and I’m fine. It’s always been in their face that they didn’t belong in america and I feel the same but like we here so we’ll make do. My parents poor too so don’t think that’s the issue tbh more has to do with trying to assimilate I bet (with the caveat that america will never really accept us anyway but that’s besides the point)
I got the same deal but noticed my quality of help suffers if I don’t help myself first. I do all the cooking at home and if someone’s hungry I’m quick to feed them before myself but what ends up happening is I start making mistakes or delivery a poorer quality of care when I do that vs if I eat something first then help. Bigger goals I think I tend to take on other’s struggles for them so I don’t have to think about what I need to do too, it’s left me stunted in many regards and I’ve come away frustrated when I’m not allowed to help (mind you I was never asked for help to begin with but that’s another story)