Rain: You know what’s terrible about Asian parents? They try to help you in your love affairs. Help as in set you up.

V Annoyed: It seems that they spend the first 20 years of your life telling you that you should have nothing to do with boys because they distract you from more important things.

Rain: and once you hit that mark…

Rain: they worry about grandchildren

V Annoyed: then they spend the next 10 years convincing you to settle down and reproduce.

Rain: it’s so wrong

When my friend told me earlier today about her parents trying to set her up with random men, I was amused. Mostly because sometime last summer, I was hit with the same reproductive pressure from the extended family. When I told my uncle that I wanted to go to graduate school, all he was interested in was whether I had a boyfriend. Apparently, if I didn’t have one going into graduate school, I would never marry, the world would end, and my parents would never see their third generation.

But really, for goodness sake. Exponentially increasing risk of serious birth defects isn’t going to hit for another 10 years or so, and hopefully by then, medical science will have made significant improvements. Right? I have lots of faith in my pre-med classmates.