JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Wait, what? This is the first time we're made aware of this De la Garza rule, and we gotta say, it's pretty awful. From this moment on, we know Tita's road will not be paved with walnuts and chilies. For generations, not a single person in my family has ever questioned this tradition, and no daughter of mine is going to be the one to start.
Ah, la familia. Much like Mexico at the time, Mama Elena's reign is most definitely a dictatorship. Basically, Tita and her sisters have to obey their mom or face her wrath. Mama Elena took comfort in the hope that she had finally managed to subdue her youngest daughter.
The more we read, the more uncomfortable we get about these female relationships. While most of us may have problems with our mothers, our issues don't really compare to what's going on between Tita and Mama E.
Children shouldn't be away from their mothers. True, but what about the fathers? Why don't they need to be around the children, huh? And while we're on the subject, didn't Mama E stay far away from Tita when she was a kid?
Just sayin'β¦. Here, Dr. Brown tells Tita she'll make a cute mama one day. Foot in mouth, doc. Poor guy didn't realize Tita will probably never have a son, or marry.
