Posted by: GuitarDaku December 20, 2011
Serving Nepal despite unhelpful parents
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It's indeed surprising that your parents told you not to come to Nepal at all. It seems like you might have brought it up out of the blue. Is that correct?
Some reasons your parents most likely hate the idea of you coming back:
1) The  image that his portrays to other people. You could seem like a failure in other ppl's eyes which shames them.
2) their fear that you will bum off and just spend their money
3) They like the current situation where they can show off their "success" and they don't want to change this perception, it's kind of related to reason 1.

It seems like it's a combination of 1 and 3 reading your previous statements about your parents.

Also since your parents are quite political, you might have to learn their language. Be a little diplomatic when you talk. If you meet opposition, don't get angry or frustrated but try to salvage the situation by being more diplomatic. Providing an example will take a long time and I am a bit tired because of all the iceskating yesterday. Besides you seem like an intelligent enough guy to be able to imagine what I mean by "diplomatic".

It looks like your parents are a bit vicious, power-hungry, ego-driven though. If you do go back to Nepal without their consent, I would not be surprised if they completely disowned you and worse, tried to attack you. I am thinking of the worst case scenario. This is not a good situation to be in at all. It looks like the only way is to make amends and play your hand like you'd play poker, With a poker face.

Try to let your parents ease into it and perhaps make them see how they would benefit from it. I think, since they only look out for their own benefits only, they might see you coming into Nepal as a "loss" venture only. they are human after all so you should be able to convince them of how it benefits them. Lie if you want (they don't seem to deserve the truth anyway).

P.S. "Into the wild" is a shit movie. Don't bother watching it. Apologies to whoever posted it, it's only a movie and it's my opinion about it. It doesn't speak of you as a person so don't bother defending it.




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