A family in Puerto Rico is consistently wreaked by hurricanes every few years. The relatives who have moved always call to check in on them, asking if they need something. Though the parents are in desperate need of electricity and water, they choose to tell their relatives that they're doing well instead. They know that no one who lives outside of the country, especially someone who has lived away for so long, will know Puerto Rico on a level intimate enough to understand their plight. Thus, they put a brave face on for their family who no longer gets it. Now, their extended family only comes to Puerto Rico on vacations. Their children give up their beds for the week so that cheap family members who think of Puerto Rico as nothing more than a third-world country that's nice for a couple of weeks. So, when family visits, the native family puts on a brave face and sacrifices what few comforts they have out of politeness, with their relatives being none the wiser that they had taken anything at all.