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I’m not dismissing your personal experience or anything but I also have the exact same Asian parent who would apologize by gifting gift instead of communicated. When I was little, I use to hate that they never say anything. But when I grew older, I understand that it was a form of communication also and I learn to treasured it instead. They grew up in a cultural were act of kindness and service is the best meaningful way of saying sorry while our generation grew up with verbal communication as a more impactful way of saying sorry.
Typically, Asian parents try to apologize by handing out gifts or doing nice gestures as their way of apologizing instead of actually trying to talk about the problem. They mostly avoid resolving it and just move past it, thinking we could just forget about it, which is honestly irritating. However, even though the parents also experienced the same situation, it's not an excuse for them to do it.
Me and Dan-i having the same typical parents