Author: Yuqi Hou

Yuqi Hou is a Chinese-American writer and recently laid off tech worker based in London. When she's not busy refreshing her inbox for job offers, she writes humor pieces that have appeared in The Belladonna, Points in Case, Widget Magazine, and Slackjaw, among others.

As the new patriarch of this family, it is now MY TURN to plan the annual family vacation. When I married your mother, I promised her I would give her the best vacation money could buy. So, I knew the time would come when I needed to plan the breakthrough El Salvador Family Trip.   I have thought long and hard about what we need to do. And we are about to become extremely hardcore. Family bonding time is now required. That means you, Jenny. No more separate eating at dinnertime; we eat as a family unit or not at all.…

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