this is the kind of horrible, passive aggressive korean mother i hope to be.
Dear Amy: I'm a 27-year-old, well-educated man with a good job and plans for an even better future. I have many friends and a pretty good life. I'm single and it doesn't bother me at all, though I don't plan on being single forever. However, the fact that I'm single bothers my mother.
I generally have a good relationship with her and during my weekly calls home, I mention my friends, their kids, etc. My mother, seeking to be helpful, sends baby clothes for me to give to my friends. I hate doing this.
First of all, I'm perfectly capable of giving gifts to my friends on my own. But she has started sending this clothing to me unsolicited, without any mention of anyone having a new baby. This is obviously a not-so-subtle (and extraordinarily annoying) hint that she wants me to have kids.
What is the best way to tell her to stop spending her time and money sending me this stuff? Telling her to butt out of my love life (or lack thereof) doesn't help.
— Sick-and-Tired Son