An Ambulance Took My Mother to the Hospital—When I Returned for Her Medical Folder, I Found My Mother-in-Law Moving Into Her Apartment
His aunts borrowed things.
Cousins slept on couches.
Nobody asked much.
Hospitality was treated almost as communal property.
That context explained why he found my strictness cold.
It did not erase ownership.
Culture deserves respect.
So does consent.