I used to collect anybaos for as long as I could remember. This routine has transformed into a pleasurable activity that I look forward to every year. I would be easily thrilled from peeking at the amounts given, tabulating my 'earnings', picking the fanciful ang baos, etc.
This year, I entered in my first year of marriage. Instead of receving ang baos, I had to give them away instead. Tradition has it that married couples are exempted from giving ang baos in their 1st year of marriage. That could have helped me manage my role transition as I take a year of break. But the practice of such a tradition is weak & there was no rule book to keep this in check. My Mum resorted to practising the safer method of giving ang baos, probably as a means to prevent a 'lose-face' scenario. As a result, I have to unwillingly drag myself to practise the art of giving ang baos.
As I continue to dwell in my 1st ever financial loss this CNY, I learnt 3 valuable pieces of advice in the art of Ang Bao Giving:
This year, I entered in my first year of marriage. Instead of receving ang baos, I had to give them away instead. Tradition has it that married couples are exempted from giving ang baos in their 1st year of marriage. That could have helped me manage my role transition as I take a year of break. But the practice of such a tradition is weak & there was no rule book to keep this in check. My Mum resorted to practising the safer method of giving ang baos, probably as a means to prevent a 'lose-face' scenario. As a result, I have to unwillingly drag myself to practise the art of giving ang baos.As I continue to dwell in my 1st ever financial loss this CNY, I learnt 3 valuable pieces of advice in the art of Ang Bao Giving:1. Give too little; or else you could be termed a miser,
2. Give too much; or else you could be making unnecessary losses,
3. Make it right the 1st time; or else you could be viewed differently next year.
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