By the way

I am really excited for the matching blog post titles. It almost solidifies our sisterhood. Anyways, I'm very happy that your mom told you to do what you want. My dad tells us that. But my mom is totally different. She used to pressure me to be a doctor. She still kind of does from time to time, but I get really irritated when she does. I think I blogged about that time during Chinese New Years, when she told my cousin, "If you knew EE was going to be so hard, how come you chose to major in it?" She was being supportive when she said that.

And then that day I hung out with you during spring break, she derailed my decision to study Anthro, even though she doesn't know what Anthro is. I got really mad, and we were not speaking that whole night. I told her to stop telling me to be a pharmacist, doctor--whatever. And I said, "How can you say to my cousin that she should've chose something easier to study, but then turn around and tell me to do something I would hate! It would be so hard to study something I don't enjoy." If that makes any sense... Catch my drift?

But anyways, her opinion means a lot to me. And it hurts me a lot that she might not be proud of what I will become after college. But really, even though I love my mother so much, I feel that I don't care to follow her expectations at all most of the time. It's sad for me--that she doesn't like my clothes and she hates buying clothes for me (that I pick out, because she thinks it's ugly) and that she doesn't support my studies, but I feel like I have gotten used to just spurning her rejection. I means a tremendous lot to me if she supports me. But if she doesn't I'll still follow my own will. I will wear my ugly clothes, and I will study Anthro and Comm. I won't be happy she's not behind my decisions. But I'm doing it for me, I guess. She'll see.