How to live in Two Cultures at Once
2002: Be admired by your relatives and have your cheeks pulled to the extent that you actually start crying out of pain.
2003: Wear Pakistani clothes to show how cute you are and how good of a child you will turn out to be
2004-2005: Start babbling and drinking chai. Trust me, babies love chai.
2006: Start speaking Urdu and have no knowledge of English
2007: Go to kindergarten and be utterly confused, slowly becoming an introvert
2008: Learn English and be the cool 1st grader who knows how to speak two languages
2009-2012: Start bringing a home lunch and then stop. The flavorful smell of spices hurt the delicate noses of my classmates. Then, start seeing the vast differences between Americans and you
2013-2015: Adapt to the American world while your parents are staring at you like a hawk, too scared for you to become a rebel, as children most likely become
2016: Notice how you are never going to a sleepover or have a boyfriend
2017: Become the popular girl only to find out your parents can’t afford lululemon leggings or the expensive makeup – wait, your parents don’t let you wear makeup
2018: Become obsessed with American food while your mother makes so much Pakistani food that you don’t even eat when you come home, the ungrateful girl you are
2019: Start applying to colleges while your parents start calling your relatives in the states by the colleges that you’re applying to make sure they have spies wherever you end up
2020: Realize that all through these years, you have been looking at this with no solution, but the solution is right in front of you. Look at the mirror, you’ll realize it on your own.
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