#and also 2) i didn't realize the tech (esp in recent years) has gotten so much better

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real talk who else cried to the “chicken soup for the ... soul” series when u were younger

#annie.txt #i was thinking about this bc i was internal monologuing in the prev post's tags about buying a digital keyboard for myself #and remembered how my dad wanted to buy one for me a few years back but i said it was fine bc 1) i wouldn't have time or space rly to use it #while in college u feel #and also 2) i didn't realize the tech (esp in recent years) has gotten so much better ?? for weighted keyboards !! it's like a real piano ?? #but then i was thinking about how if i wanted to buy it now i'd probs buy it for myself since i'm working full time #and i thought about how it'd be nice if i could have my parents still buy it for me still bc it is kinda $$$ #but then i thought about how that really wasn't necessary bc again i work full time now (albeit i just started but still i make enough that #i can do it for myself and not have to ask my parents to shell out that money for me u feel) #but then i thought about how my parents always want to buy me gifts / birthday presents bc that's how my hashtag asian parents show me love #through food and attempts at purchasing me useful things #like jackets #or a 'better mattress' #even if i don't need or necessarily want them LOL #and then i got sad bc i realized they don't have many opportunities in the future to really buy me stuff or show me love in that way #and now im all teary eyed bc the idea of aging parents and #them passing away just gets me every time.... #familial themes makes me cry the most consistently in media too lol #but anyways all that's to say is that it reminded me of chicken soup for the soul books bc i used to sob to those #bc man those stories are sO SAD #also unrelated to how i got here but interestingly tangential: i read those books at my piano teacher's house HAHA