Went house visiting today which made me pretty, well, irritated.
I have this really huge bunch of super distant relatives and we make an effort to gather together so the elderly can meet each other to catch up. I belong to the 3rd generation there so I receive angbaos from the 2nd generation people.
This is the thing. I'm the only child in my family. Majority of my relatives have like at least 3 children in their family and there's one with 5 kids. Okay, needless to say, my parents will always be at the losing end, no matter when it comes to CNY or Christmas because the ones preparing the angbaos/presents are the parents but the kids are the ones receiving them. I'm the only child so my family only receives 1 angbao while my parents have to prepare like 124902835623578 angbaos per family.
Not that I'm being calculative/stingy/petty or what. I know people say angbaos are like 意思意思 one, don't need to be too 计较 with the amount. But I'm sorry, I'm really very upset. Does anyone still receives $4 angbaos nowadays? I mean, if you're talking about 10 years ago, okay, I'm not surprised. But with the inflation and rising cost of living etc, what is $4 now?
What made me so upset is that those who gave me $4 angbaos earn so much more than my family. If I have like, 3 siblings okay I can understand. But I'm the only child!!! Do you know how much more my parents gave them in their angbaos? Argh, twice the amount!
This is really 亏大本 man.
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