Reminds me of this:
People back home aren't as bad as folks think. They can often be a lot more hardy and put together than diasporans. They often have to grow up at a young age. You'll meet 10-15 year olds who are practically running the entire household or people in their late teens who are already married, working and have their first few kids. Khaleej kids are often spoiled brats in comparison. My mother would be routinely shocked over the years at how her friends would call home to tell the housekeeper to make sure the kids brushed their teeth, ate dinner and bla bla. How old were these kids? 16-18.
One time a grandmother was visiting her daughter in Dubai from Somalia and noticed this same pattern. Kids were in their late teens to early 20s and still being babied and cooked for so one day their hooyo comes home and there is incense scenting up the entire house and some Sheikh is in the living room reading Qur'an as her children sit in front of him. Her mother was sitting nearby and when she asked what was going on the ayeeyo goes "You mean they're not retarded?!" Poor ayeeyo thought her grandkids were disabled and called a sheikh to help cleanse them of their ailment.
its embarrasing but its safe to say they dont respect us, especially somalis who are bad at speaking somali those rly get the short end of the stick wallahi. they did have to grow up much faster than us so i can see where its coming from
