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[quote=Anonymous]Of course the personality of the individual matters in how they do things.

However, let's not minimize the influence of culture. Unless you've spent many years deeply embedded within the family life of drastically different cultures, you probably won't realize how much these differences can affect basic world view and what is expected of people in the family.

If one day your Asian MIL shows up at your door, and tells you she owns your house and all your belongings, and that her son, and by extension, you, owe her everything, and she's ready to take over your lives and move in now, guess what, that's considered a valid and normal attitude in a lot of Asian cultures, and you will be seen as wrong to say anything against her or to believe that she doesn't own everything you have. She's not being nuts or overbearing. She's doing what is normal for her culture. It's your culture and attitude that's wrong and crazy, to her. So that's what people here are talking about. [/quote]

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