A big stereotype for Asian parents is that they don't let their child go out with their friends because there's the hassle of interrogating the child with a million questions like:
"Why you go out with this person?"
"Who is this person?"
"What are you going to do?"
"Why you waste the money on food outside, eat at home."
When I was in middle school, I mostly went out with my nerdy friends to go school dances, go to Borders to read manga all afternoon or volunteer stuff I did for my leadership class. When I got to high school, I had school clubs, spirit committee, school projects and school events. I did go out with friends for other stuff as well, but probably not a lot.
It all started around the summer of my senior year of high school, I went out with my friends almost every week and we always go into the night life and hang out at parks and play on the swings. Haha, not really. But whenever it gets to midnight or even close to midnight, I would get a call from Dad and he would always ask the same question, "DO I NEED TO CALL 911 TO REPORT A MISSING PERSON?" Around that time, Dad would be hope around midnight and starts to wonder where I am since obviously I'm out and not at home by the time he gets home. Now I used caps to make the catchphrase stand out, not because Dad was ever angry whenever he asks this question. He always trolls me like this, but of course I took this seriously because what parent would want their kid out past midnight? I know when I have kids I won't let them stay out past ten.
Sadly Dad doesn't do this anymore, mostly because I don't really go out past midnight anymore.
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