My parents are your typical asian immigrant parents that moved here due to the Vietnam War seeking for a better life. They always use the excuse of “I moved here for you, so the least you can do something is…” They always tell us that the only reason why they came over here was for us, but is that really true? Our names weren’t even floating around their minds when they were escaping. But what can us kids do? We can’t talk back or else they would deem that as disrespectful, so the only thing that we can do is to sit there and be quiet fighting the urge to get those words out of our mouths. I remember this one time my mom woke up pissed and as I was driving to school she would yell and yell at me over and over again. And I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I exploded with these words that I have never said to her before. All of these things that she had done to me to make me suffer came out of my mouth and the worst part is that she took it like a champ. I thought she would stay quiet and wouldn’t bother to talk to me. Instead she yelled at me even more and started comparing me to my brothers that are favored over me. I constantly get compared to them because of their success but my parents forget that there is a 7 year age difference between us. They only point out my flaws and never point out the positive things that I do. I hate this but I can’t hate them. They do everything for me. Growing up in this household is so complicated and I am just expected to do whatever they want. My brothers think I’m dumb, my mother wants me to do things her way, and my father is not even in the conversation from how stubborn he can be.