One very good thing about watching My Unfamiliar Family is that it inspired me to say my thoughts out loud instead of keeping it all inside. By doing this, I inspired other family members to voice their opinions straightforwardly too. In an Asian family like mine, things are pretended to be ok almost all the time as being not ok might be considered being unable to dealing with the problems yourselves and as such a sign of weakness.

But people are weak all the time. I think we are learning that it’s ok to be weak or broken and everyone will still love you all the same if not even more.

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    This is so nice! I’m glad it’s helping you.
    I come from a family in which we openly speak about anything we want. I grew up hearing my family stories and the struggles they’ve gone though and it’s always helped me to understand who I am and why I am this way.

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    We Asians have weird communication system…I have vowed to not repeat that crap when I start my family

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      Not all families though. My husbands family tell each other everything. Mine only does when someone thinks someone else is out of line.

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