Scott and I met up with a friend of his that he recently reconnected with. He was with his wife who we haven’t met before, so the conversation naturally gravitated towards how they met, when they got married, etc. They’re both from Nepal but from different castes, and they shared about how the initial meeting… Continue reading Finding common ground in a cross-cultural relationship
Note: There are already many articles on this, and I read somewhere that all these can be boiled down to three: religion, family, money. I will write about each one in a separate post. This is the third post. They’re in no particular order, but here is the one on religion, and here is the one on… Continue reading Things to discuss before entering into a cross-cultural relationship: Money (Part 3)
Our celebration of the holidays this year was very different from last year. This was mainly due to the fact that we’re currently in a country that does celebrate Christmas and New Year, among other religious holidays that fall in December and January. Although it was still not the same as celebrating in the Philippines… Continue reading Holidays 2017
On this day last year, Scott and I walked up to complete strangers and asked if they could serve as witnesses to our marriage registration. This couple kindly agreed to do it. They were at the municipal hall to accompany their newly married son and daughter-in-law who were also there to register their marriage. I… Continue reading Marriage Registration Anniversary
Note: There are already many articles on this, and I read somewhere that all these can be boiled down to three: religion, family, money. I will write about each one in a separate post. This is the second post. They’re in no particular order, but if you want to read the first one on religion,… Continue reading Things to discuss before entering into a cross-cultural relationship: Family (Part 2)
There are already many articles on this, and I read somewhere that all these can be boiled down to three: religion, family, money. I will write about each one in a separate post. Much has been said about these things, but I will try to contribute to the discussion with our own experiences. Other articles… Continue reading Things to discuss before entering into a cross-cultural relationship: Religion (Part 1)
We sometimes get asked what language we speak with each other, given that Scott and I are not from the same country. English is the answer. A follow-up question that we got asked once is what language we speak when we fight, implying that it’s hard to express yourself fully in any other language than… Continue reading Secret Language: Navigating language differences in a cross-cultural partnership
Actually, this post is more like…NOT celebrating holidays in a cross-cultural household. I read somewhere that one of the good things about being from different cultures is that you can celebrate double the holidays. But in our case, if we’re not in the country, we end up celebrating neither. At this time last year, we… Continue reading Celebrating holidays in a cross-cultural household
This is it! We made it! Anniversary time! High five to the dude! I’m writing this because I want to document my state of mind at this moment that we’re celebrating a milestone. So yes, I agree that celebrating a full year that passed is a milestone. But at the same time I feel that… Continue reading State of the Marriage: First Anniversary Edition
When we were in Nepal, Scott’s aunty remarked that I was lucky that my husband helps me out with the household chores because her husband doesn’t. They seemed to have this unspoken agreement that uncle would do his job to support the family’s financial needs but everything related to running the household would be aunty’s… Continue reading Division of chores in our household
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