| AlohaBoy,
Wow, you're really in a sticky situation here. My FIL just "decided" that he would come and stay with us for 6 months until the baby is born, and after that, MIL will come and stay with us for 1.5 months, just to "take care of me". I'm really stressed out and sometimes find myself crying alone in the bedroom since there's really not much we can do about that : FIL is already here and MIL's ticket is booked and confirmed.
But your situation sounds even worse, like Carang said, you're like a meal ticket to them! So you have not just the cultural thing to deal with, you need to be very careful! It's true that some (and I don't mean all) mainland Chinese have this idea that people in the West all live in nice big house with big garden, swimming pool and drive two nice cars. When I was working there, my colleague would always ask me about my salary back home, what kind of car I drove, did I have a big house, or always use branded stuff. It is very common. I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't let them get any ideas or it will become a never-ending story....  |