Lately I’ve been a little more in touch with my Ethiopian side than the usual, so I thought I would share something humorous and give you guys a taste of the Ethiopian culture and things I face with my family on a daily basis, I hope you enjoy!
- You have at least 10 relatives in D.C.
- You can spot a habesha from a mile away
- Your house and clothes smell like onions
- Your mom is in the kitchen for 10 hours
& still is not done cooking or cleaning - Your last name is your father’s first name
- Your mother and her friends call each other every
day to update each other on gossips - Your parents always make you take pictures by flowers
or beautiful things to send to Ethiopia - Your parents want to call your name but they call all your
siblings first before they finally get it right - A party starts at 3 and everyone shows up at 6
- Your parents tell you that the only REAL careers is being a
Doctor or Engineer - You recognize a simple family gathering to be more
than 50 people you don’t recognize - You know at least 7 people who drive a taxi
- When going to weddings you never know who the person getting married is
- Your mom says: “shat up your mouz”
- You have never heard your parents say …”I love You”… to each other
- You are forced to eat more injera even though you have
already had 2 plates - Your parents are positively sure you will marry habesha,
and will have it no other way - Its forbidden to get anything lower than A on your report
card, maybe a B, but a C is out of the question - You always try to get a discount at a store even if the item
is on SALE - Your parents tell you how everything is better back home, water, food ,etc.
- Your family members fight over who gets
to pay the bill - At every wedding it looks like all the
women have robbed a jewelry store - Everybody back home thinks that you are RICH
- You hear people say:
“elelelelelelelelelelelele,” at weddings - Your parents say they’re going back home every
year and never go - You have family members who’ve been in the states since the 80s,
and they still have an accent and don’t know
how to use a computer - The men are always in the living room talking about
politics, and the women are in the kitchen gossiping while all chewing khat - All your relatives live nearby, and most are in walking distance
- When you misbehave in public and that silent glare your mom makes at you, you know you’re in deep trouble when you get home
- You’re forced to wear a jacket even when it’s not cold
- You keep old or ripped clothes to use as washcloths or dust rags
- Your parents refer to you as “mama” and “baba”
Here’s a funny video I came across obviously related to Ethiopia
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