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September 23, 2008 / Tuesday
Eyebrow Highbrow
Last weekend, on the phone with mom, 20 minutes into the conversation, out of nowhere...
M: Your eyebrow hairs, they are quite long.
V: My what?
M: Eyebrow hairs. I don't mean eyelashes. Your eyelashes are nice and long compared to other Asians' because I trimmed them when you were a baby.
V: What?
M: The last time you were home, I noticed that your eyebrow hairs were long. You must have let someone trim them.
V: Um, no...
M: Why then, are they so long?
V: I don't know, mom.
M: I bet your eyebrows are plucked very thin. Don't do that.
V: Mom, you haven't seen me in a really long time. My eyebrows aren't thin.
M: Stop plucking your eyebrows for a while. Let them grow out, then have a professional do it.
V: ...
M: Your sister accidentally plucked her eyebrows wrong and they looked funny. You can't fix that, you know. You just have to wait until they grow back.
Did that just happen? Did my mom really (1) take note of the length of my eyebrow hairs and (2) comment on what she *thinks* my eyebrows look like now? (I haven't seen her in well over a year.) If she thinks this much about my eyebrows, what how many brain cycles does she devote to the rest of me? Goodness, has she noticed my *gasp* dry cuticles?!
And I'm sure my sister's eyebrows looked just fine.
September 23, 2008 11:33 PM | Family
Comments
chinese mothers are so hypercritical! if it's not one thing, it's another. are we ever just fine? i'll have to ask my cousin, who was miss HK, if she gets shit from her mom.
Posted by: i, andrea at September 24, 2008 11:14 AM
"Why only Miss HK? Why not Miss Asia?"
Posted by: Viv at September 24, 2008 12:49 PM
The most amazing thing about the conversation is that she was ON THE PHONE with you and started theorizing about the length of your eyebrow hairs. What made her think of that, I wonder?!?
Posted by: Jennie at October 1, 2008 12:49 PM