haha, thankfully I've never had to explain manga to my parents, but this reminded me of various other experiences I've had as a "cultural ambassador" to them... with my parents it's particularly bad because they're soooo old... they grew up in the fifties, so yeah, things have really changed. I remember one time my mom was asking about my friends at college and who was dating who, and I had a hard time explaining that none of them were steadily "dating" so much as just "hooking up," and my mom almost drove off the road yelling "You mean girls kiss boys they're not dating?!" oh dear, it was bad.
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Date: 2006-07-09 01:12 pm (UTC)