Brittany Luce
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It's flashcards.
It's studying.
I honestly think, Brittany, that's why the Mandarin language has been a slow burn for me.
I've been kind of flirting with the language, you know, will she, won't she?
And I have decided this is the year I think I'm going to commit and just call upon my ancestors to get me through and learn more than just like ni hao.
That would be really nice.
I'm in a similar place.
I'm locking in.
Oh, nice.
Whenever it gets to feel hard, though, I try to think about like why I've decided to do this.
My husband's family lives in Puerto Rico.
And, you know, his parents, usually they will talk to each other in Spanish.
But whenever I'm there, you know, his family and friends switch to English for me.
It just feels like I'm inconveniencing them in a way as a guest.
And I don't want them to have to do that.
You're describing my whole family dynamic.
Yeah.
Just picture young Emily in Flushing, Queens at these family reunions.
Everyone's eating.
The bowls of rice are flying.