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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Learn  Cantonese. It will benefit your kids. My husband and I speak Spanish. When we have family gatherings with my parents, brother and his wife (who doesn't speak Spanish) it is annoying to have to switch back to Spanish. I want my kids to hear and speak Spanish. Certain words and conversations work out better in Spanish. We tend to go back and forth between languages depending on the topic. [/quote]

Agreed. Don’t make your husband and parents give up the natural communication they have. You are being selfish. My husband did this and it made the few gatherings I had with my family so uncomfortable and forced, and it made it hard for our kids to learn the language. Eventually I just tried to see my family without DH as often as I could. [/quote]

Don’t be selfish? You say that while you and your parents talk around your DH as if he wasn’t in the room, and you get annoyed at how “uncomfortable” it is that you need to show basic courtesy by including him? How uncomfortable do you think HE felt? I sure hope you didn’t imply that you actually wanted him to attend those gatherings with “YOUR” family.

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