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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious, my kids have graduated college, one working.  They are up to something, I'm excited. We never received anything up to now except they made us breakfast when young, dinner when we were older.  Always loved that. Neighbor, Asian mom, received a designer purse from her college graduate daughter last year, my friend says it's customary in her country when their child graduates college and has a really good job...  Over the top, can that be real?  Asian people, really? My husband is Asian... himmm[/quote]

Asia is humongous so there is a huge array of diverse customs. People are conditioned to worship their parents and most parents do sacrifice their lives trying to give kids a good upbringing for a better future. Its only normal that kids want to or feel obligated to repay parents in different ways.

However, Asian-Americans are a different breed. Most kids get Americanized and only feel resentment towards their parents so less likely to give big gifts but others do their best but usually within their budget, as Asian-American parents are frugal and wouldn't approve of kids busting their budgets to buy fancy gifts. They do feel immense pride in it and wouldn't flaunt those gifts as parent of the year awards.[/quote]

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