(1/2) My mum always says that she and my dad were fated to be together.
His family weren’t rich. They sold noodle soup from a trolley cart at a train station. But Dad was the brightest of the kids, so when he got into university in Japan, his family invested all their money into him. He was their hope. And because he went to Japan, he was able to escape Vietnamese military service during the war.
Of course he was expected to send money home. So, as well as studying during the day . . .