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[quote=Anonymous]^Ok you’re right I didn’t mean strained relationships in the American sense - no one is estranged, no one is hanging up on dad. But I do know more than one 40+ year old who openly says in front of their parents - I only did medicine bc of you and I hate it and am stuck; you were wrong to force me into med and I shouldn’t have listened, I won’t do it to my kids etc. And the parents either retort back - so what you’re rich bc of us - and/or mom sits there and cries.

I feel like the reason this isn’t known is bc this isn’t happening out in the open for 500 people to see at a party. But you know it if this is your cousin’s family or your best friends family.

Sure these aren’t BADLY strained relationships but yeah there are def Indian families where there are resentments against parents - more resentments than you’d expect from grown adults - bc the parents controlled the kids SO much that the kids feel like they didn’t get to live and now as 40-50 year olds with their own teens they can’t exactly go back and experience their 20s again. May not be common and it isn’t what Indians would call it but I’ve def seen cases of verbal abuse of a parent to a grown child - under the guise of - we’re your elders you HAVE to respect us. We as a community are very successful but doesn’t mean we’re perfect.[/quote]

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