We filed our Report of Marriage with the Philippine Consulate in Kathmandu in January of this year. This was something that we had to do because I am a Filipina who got married abroad to a foreigner. I wrote a lengthy post about that process here. I was told that it would take about six… Continue reading UPDATE: Report of Marriage for a Filipino Citizen Married to a Foreigner
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 site has been getting quite a few hits lately, particularly the post on How to register a marriage between a Nepali and a foreigner. That post was about something that we did AFTER the wedding. But prior to that, we had to get married first. And it took countless lengthy discussions for us to… Continue reading Things to consider before deciding on a cross-cultural wedding
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
This is not a surprise. If you’re a foreigner and your partner is Nepali, there’s a good chance that your prospective in-laws did not exactly jump for joy upon finding out about your existence. Scott and I have discussed this many times, trying to imagine worst-case scenarios, long before we told both of our parents… Continue reading Forbidden love: A tale of cross-cultural partnership
