Last night, I carefully calculated that if our family of three does not go home for the New Year this year, we can save 10,000 or 20,000 yuan in expenses. This number makes me a little hesitant, after all, the Chinese New Year is a time for family reunion, and it is the most anticipated day of the year. However, the realities of stress and expense have made me wonder if it's really necessary to go back for the Chinese New Year.
When you go home for the New Year, the first thing you do is buy a lot of New Year's goods. From food to use, from clothing to play, almost everything costs a lot of money. Especially now that the living conditions are getting better and better, people's requirements for New Year's goods are getting higher and higher. Buy not only fresh ingredients, but also some special foods and gifts.
All of these expenses add up to a lot of money. Moreover, going home for the Chinese New Year also means giving red envelopes to relatives and friends, which is also a large expense. Think about it, if you don't go home for the New Year this year, these expenses can be saved, and one or two thousand is not a small number.
In addition to the high expenses, I am also tired of coping with the "care" of various relatives. While this concern is well-intentioned, it can sometimes be a pressure for us.
Relatives and friends will always ask us about our work, income, marriage, etc., and even give us all kinds of advice about our lives. These questions and suggestions make us feel a little overwhelmed.
Moreover, going home for the Chinese New Year also means attending all kinds of gatherings and activities, and when others invite you to dinner, you have to invite them back. Please eat, a meal will cost hundreds, not only will it cost money, but I will also feel tired. After all, we don't really like the lively atmosphere and prefer to stay at home quietly.
In addition to friends, getting along with family is also a technical job. I'm sure anyone who has brothers and sisters feels this way. Although our family usually gets along well, there will always be some conflicts and frictions when we return home. My parents were nagging and would compare me to other siblings, which I was quite disgusted by.
And after staying at home for a long time, brothers and sisters will always quarrel over some trivial things, I don't advise, I don't persuade either, these contradictions and frictions make us feel a little tired and helpless. And, going home for the New Year also means dealing with various family responsibilities. For example, we have to help our parents with household chores, take care of the elderly, take care of our nephews and nephews, buy them food, and play with them, and these responsibilities feel a bit heavy on us.
Going home for the Chinese New Year also means facing all kinds of traffic pressures. During the Spring Festival, train tickets, bus tickets, and plane tickets are hard to find. And, even if you buy a ticket, you will face crowded carriages, long waits, and exhausting journeys. These pressures and inconveniences make us feel a little annoyed.
To sum up, the various expenses, pressures and contradictions of going home for the New Year make us start to think about whether it is really necessary to go back for the New Year. Although going home for the Chinese New Year is the most anticipated day of the year, we also have to consider the realities of stress and burden.
If we don't go home for the New Year this year, we can save an expense of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, which is not a small ** for us. Moreover, not going home for the New Year can also avoid facing the "care" of various relatives, family conflicts, and traffic pressure. These are burdens that we are not willing to bear.
However, when we really started to think about not going home for the New Year, there was a trace of guilt and loss in our hearts. After all, going home for the New Year is a time for our family to reunite, and it is the warmest day of the year for us. We can taste food together, ** Spring Festival Gala, and set off fireworks, these are all happiness that we cannot measure with money.
I'm struggling now, whether to go back or not to go back for the Chinese New YearIf you don't go back, I'm afraid that your parents will be disappointed, and if you go back, you're reluctant, it's too difficult.