I am unhappy
I have been this way for 3 years now. Nothing changed. Just like anyone who was born (and lives) in a country they are not originally from, I want to integrate into the society but so many things make it impossible. This country doesnt give citizenship. My parents are terrible in the language. My parents barely know anything about the culture and history despite being here for many decades. My mom believes in embarrassing stereotypes about the people of this country like one time we were shopping at a cheap store and I was complaining about the quality of clothes there and she told "even citizens shop here and dont complain". She means that they are usually rich. And one time she was happily telling us how a citizen was her nurse (usually foreigners are nurses and citizens are usually seen in high class jobs). And this just proves how my parents think they are lower than the people of this country and will never want to be a part of them. I personally never had any issue with citizens. They were all okay with me speaking their dialect or wearing their clothes and living their lifestyle.
Also, the people of this country have a beautiful language, prideful history, and their country is developed and rich. Ours is the complete opposite. There is absolutely nothing in my country that makes me proud of it because there is nothing good about it. Thats why I am never proud of telling anyone my country of origin. I dont care about their opinion but my own opinion is that I am inferior for being from this country AND for being not being a part of this country I am living in.
Also, this creates further differences since citizens are usually rich, we (foreigns) dont usually attend their schools and dont have the same jobs as them and it is not rare for them to hold racist opinions against foreigns, especially those from another ethnicity.
You guys might wonder, why do I care? It is because I love this country and want to live here as much as I can.
Forgot to mention, I cant help but be embarrassed of my parents and I dont mean to insult them by this. I love them. But they dont speak the language properly and are always cheap (even though we arent poor), my dad is very unhygienic, my mom is racist against some nations and already acts inferior when she is around citizens (some of them are my friends).
Note: Not being able to get the citizenship isnt why my parents dont want to integrate cuz we already have the citizenship of a western country and they dont care about it either.
Posted Dec 13, 2025, 10:45 AM UTC