@notelling She hasn’t seen them yet, since she didn’t come for Christmas. S will have to deliver the large box to her when he next goes to NYC to visit. (Replacements really packs well!) The pattern is this one (she likes flowers):
Pretty! I’m sure she will love them.
Wow! Very elegant.
@PG, I think, by and large, gf or bf who is Asian-American (rather than Asian) tends to be from a more middle class family, while gf or bf who did not grow up in the US tends to be extreme on either end: well off (especially some more recent immigrant) or financially challenged.
The girl who DS dated previously (for a very short time only) grew up here and her family’s financial status is more similar to our family, while I think his current GF’s family is very likely more well-off than our family.