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Wild horses can’t drag me away from CNY, but now I feel singled out
There’s one tradition the writer doesn’t love. She also wonders if she’s turning into the nosey aunt.
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As a single, the writer says she feels singled out by the local tradition where married folks give hongbao to the unmarried.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
As a traditionalist on Chinese New Year celebrations, I would never fly off on vacation during this period to escape nosey relatives – I might even be the nosey relative. (Before the CNY naysayers turn up their noses and say neigh, more on this later.)
The festival is my only chance in the entire year to meet members of my larger family and wild horses cannot drag me away from it.
