“My entire life I’ve devoted to my son.” This is what 39-year-old actor Yuchen Zhu’s 71-year-old mother said in the reality show My Little One (《我家那小子》). Just how true is that statement? Zhu’s mother described how, for the last 10 years, she wakes up at 4:00 am every morning just to boil him fresh pear juice and then cook his meals for the rest of the day. She says that the amount of work she does for the family is equivalent to that of two maids.
“我是用整个生命去对待儿子的。”这句看似对爱情宣誓的诺言,其实是综艺《我家那小子》中演员朱雨辰的妈妈对儿子的独白。朱妈妈在节目中的言行受到了广大网友的热议。她坚持每天早晨四点起,只为了给儿子熬上两杯梨汁。“我没有自我,我在家里的这个位置就是,我顶两个菲佣啊。”可朱妈妈的辛苦劳累,并没有换来儿子的快乐。这份无私的爱背后,是子女深深的无奈。 朱雨辰的故事,让小红豆(婚恋顾问助理)想起了我们曾接到过的一个特别的电话。来电人的声音有些沧桑,那是一位70多岁的阿姨,她想给自己40岁的女儿报名一对一高端婚恋服务。交流过程中,这位母亲的一句话让小红豆听了鼻子一酸, “我和老伴可能活不了很久了,等我们走了就剩女儿一个人,我实在不忍心想到她可能会一个人孤独终老。”来找小红豆的,不乏像这位妈妈或是爸爸。他们知道自己正在老去,不能陪孩子一辈子,希望孩子能有一个终生的伴侣。这些叔叔阿姨找到我们的时候都非常真诚恳切,小红豆能深深感受到他们心底的担忧。 然而很多客户说起爸妈时,说的更多的是他们“坚持不懈”的“逼婚”和对自己喜欢的人的不满意让自己身心俱疲。 小红豆又想起用户M先生的故事。M35岁了,研究生毕业后先工作后创业,已在事业上小有成就。然而由于忙于工作、社交圈子窄,他一直没有找到自己的另一半。M的爸爸妈妈心急如焚,他们隔三差五地给儿子灌输“是时候该组成家庭了”的想法。M很无奈,于是他找到我们,希望我们能够帮他快些找到一个心仪的女孩,停止父母的唠叨。然而过程并不是很顺利,M抱怨父母知道他开始使用我们的一对一高端婚恋服务后,总是对他提出各种要求:“他们总是按老一辈的观念来要求我找对象,这我怎么受得了!”父母也哭诉:“我们喜欢的女孩子,他都不喜欢。”双方僵持不下,谁也不肯让步。 在看到这样的状况后,我们的婚恋顾问Bessie和M与他的父母分别进行了交流。发现M平日里和爸爸妈妈沟通很少,父母提出什么意见要么完全接受要么完全反对,却几乎不会和他们沟通自己的想法。爸爸妈妈有时候觉得“这个孩子孝顺极了”,有时候又觉得“他实在犟得要命”。其实M平日里的顺从,不是他没有意见,而是他预先笃定沟通是无效的,在无伤大雅时干脆放弃沟通直接听从。而当父母的想法触及他的底线时,他就极度反抗。这种两极化行为,正是家人关系中缺乏良好沟通的表现。 于是Bessie尝试着让双方开始一些深入的沟通。Bessie和M与他的父母一同面谈了一次,从开始两边“大倒苦水”诉说着自己的不满与失望,到一步步引导他们倾听对方内心的声音——M对于自己已经成年可以独立选择的愿望,以及父母对于M的关心和担忧。在成功化解僵持中的赌气成分和消极情绪后,父母和孩子之间的冰开始消融——毕竟双方都是对彼此有着深深的爱的。后来我们每次给M推荐女生,如果他见面后感觉喜欢,都会主动和父母交流自己对女孩的一些想法:为什么对这个女孩青睐有加、后面打算有什么行动…M后来对小红豆说,他后来才知道,**其实父母对女生真的没什么要求,他只要告诉他们了自己为什么做这样的选择,父母都会支持的。**在见了三个女孩之后,M和一个女生正式牵手。最近他还在朋友圈里po出了他们的婚纱照。叔叔阿姨和M在那条朋友圈底下互动地很好,看得出来,他们也很开心。 每一个矛盾的背后,从来都不是一方的责任。当父母希望孩子理解自己的良苦用心的时候,其实叔叔阿姨们也应该给孩子一点空间和信任。同样,当孩子希望有自主自由的选择时,也可以对父母多一分体谅。而要做到互相理解,少不了积极的沟通。 点击这里,预约咨询两颗红豆的婚恋顾问,开启你的幸福之旅!
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