Comments on: I have a Latin Mother

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Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:06:10 +0000

[...] I stumbled upon a blog post from Tiki-Tiki Blog which highlights this Hispanic reality. Here is a video and a link to her [...]

By: Ana Granda

Ana Granda — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:03:50 +0000

Holy crap!!!!yes I LOL but my mami is a saint….It’s not her that does the insane calling and calling and calling, cell, to house, to cell, to house…..it’s my FATHER…..is he sure there’s not a raging Cuban mother inside that head of his……Like my abuela EVE and some of you knew her well…..he is the pituita, the pendesiera, the chismosa, and the obsesive caller……Hay Dios Mio!!!!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:33:57 +0000

Hola, Jenny. Glad your mami sent you. It’s certainly different being away, isn’t it…almost makes the tiki tiki charming! I am headed to Miami this weekend, so there will lots more video inspiration.
Thanks all for the continued comments — especially from my tiki tiki-ing cousins and tias — the source of my daily inspiration.

By: Jenny B

Jenny B — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:56:07 +0000

HAHAHA!!!!! This was great. My mami sent this to me. I live in IL for my husband’s work and the Americanos we know go months without talking to their moms or their kids. I’m like, Uh, my parents would think I’m dead or get on a plane and kill me if I didn’t call them. LOL. My parents aren’t as tiki tiki as my abuela. It cracked me up when she left the message about un chizme. Aye! I miss Miami!!!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:38:46 +0000

OMG, LMAO, mi prima te la comiste with this. I know first hand about having a tiki tiki mom and I must confess I too have become this tiki tiki mom. Don’t worry Maria it still too young but guarntee you that you too will be this fierce monster.

By: haysel

haysel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:36:32 +0000

I LOVE it! This is just like mi mami and I’ll be playing this video for her tonight. I’m sure she’ll see herself in it. I also often wonder whether with age I’m slowly turning into her and whether my kids will some hear me saying “halloooooo”

By: Lisa Renata

Lisa Renata — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:53:04 +0000

Hay, hay, hay Carrie. This is just to adorble. Mamis latinas, gotta love them. I LOVE mine!

By: AminaE

AminaE — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:07:00 +0000

Working at a Latino lifestyle magazine (cafemagazine.com), I’ve learned a lot about Latina mothers – and they sound awesome! If you’re interested in learning more about Latina mothers who work to balance their American and Latina cultures when raising their kids, you should check out a great article of ours. It’s called “All About My Acculturated Mamá” and it seems like a lot of you would be able to relate to it. Here’s the link: http://www.cafemagazine.com/index.php/component/content/article/56-0906-features/191-all-about-my-acculturated-mama.

Hope you enjoy it!

Your friend from Cafe,
Amina

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:50:10 +0000

Hi Carrie, I hope you remember me. Your Tia Mirtha’s friend aqui en Miami. I remember when you were a little girl and I knew your abuela, abuela, and all your tios and tias. I love your videos and your comments. Yes, I understand las mamas Latinas. My mom has been gone for almost 8 yrs. now, but I do remember when she kept calling me, and asking “a que hora vas a regresar?” And when she lived with me for a while, she used to stay up and wait for me to get home, and I was already in my late 30’s and even perhaps 40. Pero ahora, I miss her a lot, I wish she were here still. Keep up the good work. Your tia told me you’re coming to Miami soon. A lo mejor nos vemos. Besos y abrazos.

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:57:20 +0000

OMG, that is my mother. Well, it used to be. Until my parents moved to Panama last summer. Now she has learned all about Yahoo IM, which is what my coworkers and I use to communicate (we are home-based and all over the U.S.). So she will IM me continuously throughout the day. And if I don’t reply immediately, she freaks out (“estas ahi todavia? te paso algo? contestame!”) Relax, woman! I’m working! Oh, and if she doesn’t see the little yellow dot next to my name that says “available”, she will call my sister to ask why I am not working, is everything okay, am I sick. Umm, hello?? Maybe I took a personal day.

My sister uses Skype to call my mother in Panama. However, because it is cheaper for my mom to call here than vice versa, when my sister calls her, she will say “Oye, llamame”, intending to hang up right away so my mother can call her back. My mother – ever the Negative Nelly (is that a Cuban thing or a mother thing??) – will always gasp and ask “que paso?!” To which my sister has to say “nada, mami. para hablar.” Every. single. time.

While they were still living here in Miami, she would call me and my sister several times a day. I guess because she was bored. But if we were busy and were like “mom, I can’t talk now” she would get all insulted that we didn’t have time to talk to her right then and there. And if we let the call go to voicemail, and we didn’t return her message within five minutes, she’d be calling again in six! And – like Yvette’s mom above – there was the nightly “just making sure you are home safely” call.

Love her, but oh boy!!