wow, u sure catch a high price... keke.
For my ti qing session, both parents met at my house. Overall quite okay, they don talk much. Most of the time, both parents were watching tv. LOL~~!!!
However my MIL did mention again that hokkein don have si dian jin this time to my mother. After ILs left, My mother got offended telling me tat no matter what she has asked for, my ILs have to buy de, how can say such sentence to stop her from asking (note: my mother is a teochew). I told my mother this is not the first time they mentioned this. When i was at their place few weeks back, FIL already said it clear that since i'm hokkein then i don have si dian jin. After hearing this from me, my mother got real unhappy.
My mother told me that ILs only willing to buy bangles for me. She said since they can do things in such a way, got real angry asking me to select a thicker bangles. Haha... guess now my mother knows why i always complain to her tat i not really happy with the way my ILs do things.
Both parents also din discuss much of the pin jin amount. My parents mentioned that they do not mind how much is inside the red packet. My father emphasized to them that they have to treat me nicely and take good care of me when i marry over to their family 3 months later.
Anyway i don feel ti qing session really works for parents nowadays, too many own decision and assumptions rather than discussion. And nowadays don follow customs anymore, more to like ala carte choices.