How do you say "I love you" to her? They agreed that getting good grades, followed by good jobs and then marrying and having that precious grandchild would be how they showed their love.
你如何向她表達“我愛你”?他們一致表明只要取得好成績,找到一份好工作,接下來結婚生子就是他們表達愛的方式。
I come from a culture where most people would find that not expressive enough, so I repeated these queries in classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different responses. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their moms.
在我們的文化觀念中,大部分人會覺得僅僅這些表達是不夠的。所以我時常會在課堂上重復這些問題。漸漸地,同學們有了一些不同的回應。一些人同母親進行了情感溝通。
One of my favorite stories of change came from a young woman. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged her. This had never happened before, but her mom said: "Now that you have gone I have more time to myself and I watch TV more. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and I decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you."
在這些轉變的故事中,我最喜愛的一則發生在一位年輕女士身上。當她從學校回到家中時,媽媽在門口迎接并擁抱了她。這是以前從未有過的事,但媽媽說:“現在你離家在外,我有了更多的時間來看電視節目。我注意到一些地方的媽媽會和子女相互擁抱。這好極了,我決定要開始擁抱你。”