A married couple is talking at
home. The husband is attending the Family Management course. The wife is
showing a piece of class handout to the husband.
Wife: Have you seen this exercise? There is a catch in this.
Husband: Which exercise?
Wife: This one (gives him the paper). On parents.
Husband: Moral duties to and reasonable expectations from parents. Yes,
I remember this. But this is not an exercise. This is just a list of guidelines
on what one should do and what one can expect as long as parents are involved.
Wife: Which means you have read nothing. There are two different
situations here and the guidelines are meant for both situations. Some
guidelines suit both, but many are particular to either one of the situations.
Husband: What situations?
Wife: There is a question here right on the top. See. Are your parents
your core family or your expected family? Everything that comes after that
depends on that answer. If you consider your parents as a part of your core
family then you have a set of duties and returns. If extended, then a different
set of obligations and expectations.
Husband: Okay. Then let’s find our situation. Are my parents extended or
core?
Wife: You say.
Husband: Extended, I would say.
Wife: We have a joint kitchen.
Husband: Then core.
Wife: Our finances are separate and we live in different floors.
Husband: Hmm. I see.
(After a few minutes)
Husband: Okay, this is really a tricky question.
Wife: I told you there is a catch. And all your duties and expectations
depend on that one answer. Do you consider them as core or as extension?
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