My interesting learning journey in Italki My parents are always perturbed by my lack of experience in relationships. They fear that I am a homosexual, as I seem to get along well with boys only. However, about a month ago, they started to put their worry aside. I told them that I had been talking with a girl from Taiwan every day. They were really thrilled about it. This change of opinion was not without any problems. My parents (especially my mother) began to be very interested in that girl. No matter how many times I had stressed that I talked with her just to practice my English, they were not a bit convinced by my intention. I got tired of explaining myself to them. Somethings are better left unexplained than explaining. Recently, my mother's curiosity grew to the point that she wanted to talk with my language partner. At first, I felt awkward with this meeting. As time goes by, they seemed to be very compatible. My mother even joked with her and called herself the mother-in-law, as if my language partner was really my wife. Nonetheless, though weird it might sound, I was glad that I could make a friend with my language partner. I am really looking forward to meeting her in the future.