I was just translating my interviews when I realised one interesting fact. Although I am 33 (yes, still) – I am often asked about my parents’ reaction to my book, my new career, etc. I have a feeling that this concern with parents is a very “southern” appearance. Something you would also face in Italy or South of France or Spain…“So what does La Famiglia say to this??!!!”
I somehow cannot imagine this question being asked in Austria. Nobody here gives a shit about what the family says. Who is family? What practical use it there from it? I’ll never forget how my boss once told me “You anyway only have kids for 18 years.” Yeah, right – and if even that’s too long, you just lock them in your basement or what?
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Come to China and you know that you only have kids for 20 years, and then you have parents for 30 more years since they will move in with you while the kids live somewhere else. When your parents die, you move in with your kids, so you have kids again for 30 years until you die.
Do not plan to have a Sunday for yourself in any case!