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Any wives of declaration signers on? I feel so alone, with DH out trying to build a country for everyone else when he has a family at home!

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My MIL (and FIL, but he's not the problem) just arrived for an 8-week stay. They're Chinese and she has a very strong personality, shall we say. Give me patience!
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01.19.09, 07:08 AM Flag ]
- i don't know why there's this stereotype about all asian women being passivie and submissive. maybe true for japanese but chinese women are the opposite!
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  01.19.09, 07:13 AM Flag
  - Absolutely! the other stereotype, about matriarchal families, is much more accurate and much more painful when the 'matriarch' arrives for a long stay!
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    01.19.09, 07:15 AM Flag
  - i live in a mostly chinese building at the chinatown/tribeca border. let me tell you, those chinese ladies are strong as nails.
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    01.19.09, 10:21 AM Flag
- do you woh? i hope so for your sake. 8 weeks seems like too long for any house guest.
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  01.19.09, 07:36 AM Flag
  - I do but currently on maternity leave with db number 2. I'm hoping to go back to work soon! 8 weeks is too long for me, but last time they came for 13 so I'm counting myself lucky.
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    01.19.09, 02:05 PM Flag

My MIL (and FIL, but he's not the problem) just arrived for an 8-week stay. They're Chinese and she has a very strong personality, shall we say. Give me patience!

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My MIL (and FIL, but he's not the problem) just arrived for an 8-week stay. They're Chinese and she has a very strong personality, shall we say. Give me patience!

i don't know why there's this stereotype about all asian women being passivie and submissive. maybe true for japanese but chinese women are the opposite!

Absolutely! the other stereotype, about matriarchal families, is much more accurate and much more painful when the 'matriarch' arrives for a long stay!

i live in a mostly chinese building at the chinatown/tribeca border. let me tell you, those chinese ladies are strong as nails.

do you woh? i hope so for your sake. 8 weeks seems like too long for any house guest.

I do but currently on maternity leave with db number 2. I'm hoping to go back to work soon! 8 weeks is too long for me, but last time they came for 13 so I'm counting myself lucky.