So I'm a college student that's been with my girlfriend for about a year now (long-distance relationship that's working out). My girlfriend has a sister a year younger than herself (high school senior) who recently got into a relationship as well, and apparently her boyfriend has gone over to my girlfriend's house to mow their lawn once or twice already. All through last summer, my girlfriend's dad always hinted that his lawn needed mowing, but my girlfriend and I always thought it was a joke. Keep in mind that this is upper middle-class suburbia America, and her dad is an upstanding, very level-headed guy, a man's man, really. He's not some loony trying to use his daughters' boyfriends for free child labor. My girlfriend's father is white, and I come from an Asian background, so I feel a little lost when it comes to this topic. I feel like my girlfriend's sister is probably trying to pull my leg when she tells me that her boyfriend mows their lawn, but the issue is the same regardless: is it expected of me in American culture, as her boyfriend, to go over to their house to mow their lawn and whatnot this summer? I feel like part of the game is winning her parents' approval, and I'm unsure as to whether or not this is something expected of me in American culture.
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Lawn-mowing my girlfriend's lawn
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Don't do it, unless he's racist, it's clearly a joke.
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