
comparing your child to someone is actually the shitty thing to do. I relate to dani so hard cause I was constantly compared to my own friend who was better than me as a child and it js made my young self felt insecure and lost the courage to do the things I wanted because i lacked the self confidence so yes this is very true omg

Some things im so confused
I thought she was someone who got stuck in that world of where she is now, so how come she started remembering the memories with her and yeoryeong as a child??
Dani only remembered that she was the shy type as a kid back then but was that after her and yeoryeong drifted apart in the the novel she read??
Was she originally from that world?? though she wouldn't have known that this world was from a novel
Or did she only remember it, because she herself was added into the world and she would have gotten the memories of the og Dani??
IM SO CONFUSED
is anyone forgetting abt what happend to the slenderman back then?? there were no detailed explanation about it or how juin and dani went to a diff world. I guess the explanations would come up in the future chaps??
spoilers pls cus ive alr been spoiled enough
Typically, Asian parents try to apologize by handing out gifts or doing nice gestures as their way of apologizing instead of actually trying to talk about the problem. They mostly avoid resolving it and just move past it, thinking we could just forget about it, which is honestly irritating. However, even though the parents also experienced the same situation, it's not an excuse for them to do it.
Me and Dan-i having the same typical parents
I’m not dismissing your personal experience or anything but I also have the exact same Asian parent who would apologize by gifting gift instead of communicated. When I was little, I use to hate that they never say anything. But when I grew older, I understand that it was a form of communication also and I learn to treasured it instead. They grew up in a cultural were act of kindness and service is the best meaningful way of saying sorry while our generation grew up with verbal communication as a more impactful way of saying sorry.
We grew up thinking it is normal. Thanks to internet, it actually opened my eyes a lot and see, uh, my family is not normal. When i came to realization, i was already into deep and already have emotional detachment in my surroundings and can't form normal bonds to the people i care and used to care about. Apparently for us Asian kids, the only way to cut the cycle and saves us a bit from depression is this awareness. Thank you for being aware. Let's make sure the next generation of Asian kids will not have the same experience
idk not solving the root issue and letting it fester actually places more burden on us. my parents do the exact same thing even after saying and doing traumatising things from childhood and i just feel that this method is asian parents way of trying to avoid responsibility and to not put down their pride. it's more of an act of placating than an apology.
I feel like they also love to use the excuse of receiving the same treatment when they were younger as if that's an acceptable excuse.