On Marriage & Masking: 10 Days With My In-Laws in Hong Kong

Ijust got back from a ten-day trip to visit my in-laws in Hong Kong, and I feel like I need to take an equally long vow of silence to recover. Yesterday I was heartbroken to leave, but today the masking has caught up to me. Traveling is an enticing source of new stimuli for me, but it also takes its toll. I looked forward to a longer trip with more periods of rest built in -until my husband invited two of his business associates without asking me first. For each day they were joining us, I had to decide between spending time alone with his family, or spending time with two strangers I had never met before. <a href="https://medium.com/asian-mosaic/on-marriage-and-masking-10-days-with-my-in-laws-in-hong-kong-d462a4571a08">Learn More</a>