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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm white and historically have always had Asian friends.  My best friend/maid of honor in my wedding (to give you an idea of how close we are) is Chinese.  My closest college friend was Vietnamese.  
I live in upper NW and honestly I only know a few Asians.  Once is becoming a pretty good friend.  However, the one thing that I have a really hard time with is her endless bragging about her children's abilities.  I am REALLY laid back about my kids. [b] I'm the first to admit that they're often a pain in the ass and while they have awesome qualities they also have many weaknesses that we're working on.  I have no idea what college they'll attend and I don't really care.[/b] [b] However, my Asian friend here is all about the Ivy league [/b]and how gifted her son is and what an extraordinary kids she has.  I ignore it most of the time but I do think it prevents us from getting closer.  My nearest and dearest friends here come at parenting from the same perspective as I do.  We're doing our best and our kids may or may not succeed in life and we'll be okay with it.  We just don't the energy or desire to micromanage our kids.  Instead we drink wine and hang out and laugh at stupid stuff.  [/quote]

Asian mom here.

1. I'm like you in bolded
2. I notice a lot of white moms with the same Ivy or bust attitude.  I don't think this is an Asian thing.  It's this area.  I'm from SF and parents there don't seem to be as obsessed with Ivys or any college while the kids are in ES, unlike here.[/quote]

you didn't live in cupertino did you?[/quote]

SHe probably doesn't live in Dublin, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale or Woodside either.  It's cut throat in those places!!! [/quote]

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