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[quote=Anonymous]Just make the husband translate. You can't change their culture or native language to be yours. Asians from strongly Confucian-influenced countries often have a different family dynamic from that of non-Confucian Asians. They fully expect a DIL to accommodate them, that she should be waiting on them and taking care of them, and that they basically own her and their son. So it's her problem if she can't speak their language. And in general, people who are from very provincial backgrounds always speak their language in front of people who don't understand it. They don't know better, and don't care. I try to be good natured about it with my in-laws, as they mostly don't mean harm. They're always shocked that my American attitudes are so different from theirs on so many basic things, since otherwise they consider me a good person. [/quote]
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