The way I was educated in Taiwan was hide my emotion of love. We don't say I love you to our families. When I met Shirley, we talked about our family relationship. She said her father asked her to say I love you to him and her mother everyday at least one time.
It may not something special to Americans, but in Taiwan or China, it is something unusual. The society I use to live was teaching us to suppress the emotions. After I have lived in the US for four years, I have started to show my emotion, especially to my family. Shirley's father is so close to Shirley.
"When he came to visit me one time, we talked about the relationship. I was crying on his shoulder for two hours," she said.
I was kind of jealousy that why I couldn't do it to my family members. But I found out, it is not about my family members. It is about myself. I should make a change instead of expecting this conventional society.
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