I Am Not A Perfect Daughter In Law

1) I can't come home daily by 5pm to prepare dinner for my in laws and family as I have to work until 6pm at least. (Unlike her, who doesn't have to work at all, can spend as much time she likes cooking.)
2) My mouth ain't so sugar coated and I don't possess a glib tongue to talk my in laws to believe that I am a good daughter in law and that I respect them as much as I respect my own parents.
3) I can't be bothered to pretend that I am a virtuous daughter in law who can dote on them and to prove that I do love their son very much. (I don't see the point in trying to be fake and prove my love for their son 'cause as long as their son knows I love him a lot, that is good enough for me.)
4) I don't make it a conscious effort to try to socialize with my in laws or immediate in law family members just to make my existance known. (I rather have a lower profile then to be so fake and entertain people <-- I am not a clown.)
5) My behaviour and personality is not of some dainty, feminine person who only knows how to sit at home, eat, shit, sleep, watch tv, do cross-stitching and do household chores limited to my own room.
6) When asked to do strenous household work, I don't feign backaches and that I don't complain that it is strenous. I just hang on to those tireness and aches to do the housework I think I should do.
7) I can't spend my days 24/7 just to be with my in laws, I have my own parents and relatives in S'pore to be with and to quality spend time with.
8) I don't have the relevant knownledge in TCM (traditional chinese medicine) to educate them on what is the best types of herbs to brew for their different chronic conditions. I only can advise them on the western ways which their are the least interested in.
9) I don't act myself to someone who comes from a rich family background, don't work and still be able to buy stuff for my in laws. (at least, I know when I do buy stuff for my in laws, it comes direct from my own pocket and salary.)
10) I don't really have the energy and car to drive my in laws and in law's family around S'pore to buy or to shop for stuff they like every weekend.


I know I am incomparable to that PRC woman, but deep down in my heart I know, in the long run, I will make a better daughter in law than that PRC woman. Time will just prove hers and mine true character and by then, let's just see who is the better daughter in law.