My Mother-In-Law and I Are in a Battle Over the Title of “Mama”

  • 📰 Slate
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 22 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 51%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

Dear Care and Feeding: Online it says there is a tonal difference, but my husband says there isn’t.

Dear Care and Feeding,

My husband and his family are Cantonese and I am white. The Cantonese term for paternal grandmother and mother is mama. Online it says there is a tonal difference, but my husband says there isn’t and he doesn’t see the issue. When I was pregnant, I said it was fine as I believed it was pronounced M-ma, not mama. I feel sick hearing my mother-in-law calling herself/being called mama by my husband to our daughter .

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 716. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Dear Abby: Mother-in-law’s embarrassing behavior in restaurants makes dining out miserableMy husband and I are at a loss about how to tell her this is why we no longer want to go out (for meals).
Source: njdotcom - 🏆 282. / 63 Read more »