Inter-cultural marriage, any stories to share?

Alohaguy · Sep 6th, 2007, 12:51

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Originally Posted by brownboy66

I bet it would make a great movie! Just awesome

Thanks Brownboy! Plot gets even better: We met at Pathankote on the way to Kashmir. Now we have the story outline, beautiful Kashmir Backdrop, may be some scenes in Tokyo and Hawaii. WOW!! you may be on to something

T.I.P. Great story! I laughed so much, my stomach hurts!

Nick-H · Sep 6th, 2007, 12:58

Oh dear.

That's very naughty

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capt_mahajan · Sep 6th, 2007, 13:24

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Originally Posted by T.I.P

Inter caste marriages..!! bit long...but hilarious

Moderator note: TIP, If you have a link to the original, please edit your post with the link so we don't have to worry about copyright issues.

Nice story, btw.

brownboy66 · Sep 6th, 2007, 14:09

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Originally Posted by T.I.P

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With the fear reserved for pregnant unmarried foreign women who could embroil one's son in a paternity suit?

my favourite line in the story.......

thoroughly enjoyed it.

rangers · Sep 6th, 2007, 14:47

At my bayside forest cottage on the valentine day of 2007 a Japanese girl married to a local panwalla.
They living happily till now.

and its the 7th case in this beachtown of Puri.

T.I.P · Sep 6th, 2007, 19:35

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Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

Moderator note: TIP, If you have a link to the original, please edit your post with the link so we don't have to worry about copyright issues.

Nice story, btw.

Not sure about source
I got the joke by email!!!

capt_mahajan · Sep 6th, 2007, 19:51

okay, then we take it that the originator is not too worried about copyright

Nick-H · Sep 6th, 2007, 21:14

A lot of emails come with some sort of disclaimer at the end that is much funnier than any joke they might contain.

I once tried too persuade a board of directors that it was total hogwash, and had no legal standing whatsoever, so why waste space with it? I didn't succeed

Nicole Zhang.Jaiswal · Sep 21st, 2007, 14:11

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Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

Well let me tell you very frankly...The entire Indian Soap Opera market is thriving on Saas-Bahu conflicts (Saas = Mother in Law and Bahu = Daughter in law)..

So what I would say, do not worry about religion or differences...

These things are very common in Indian households, infact a household without the Saas Bahu conflict is seen with suspicion..

and we poor men have to live through it...:rofl

i figured its totally asian cultural thing,or u can say its typical asian family bondage thing.

we ppl just focus too much on the package of family,so no wonders in-law conflicts exsiting all the way the life.
there is an old saying that u marry a gal,not only herself,but her whole family, on the ground of that love matters two individuls,while marriage matters two families in total.
exactly same as chinese family.sons seem like fillers of a hambagur most of time,if bump into unlucky marriage.
all in all,have to balance all the family members involved,especially the ones who think closely belong to the circle.

pontesnm · Sep 22nd, 2007, 20:55

T.I.P

Hilarious story, LOL. I does have a Bollywood ring to it. I should add however, that it is very farfetched (at least if Barbara is from the US). There are definitely women who could be "Barbara" in my classroom (I teach US undergrads) but I cannot see any of them wanting to spend $1500 to travel to India without any companion. India hardly is a destination choice for the vast majority of 20 something US girls - too expensive, too exotic, too far away. Most people who work full time in the US get only 2 weeks of vacation so a trip to India is not very doable. And even if a young woman like Barbara travelled to India by herself, I could not see her wanting to spend a whole week in someone's house - they would be just as nervous as Vivek's dad at living alone in an Indian home.
And pretending to be pregnant as a practical joke would not be something that they would do to their own parents - it would not be seen as funny - leave alone some strangers.

Most US women who wanted to live with a Indian family for a week would want to fit in and would almost certainly not behave like Barbara. They would probably not be amused by this caricature of a US woman and would try and distance themselves from such a caricature. My wife dresses much more conservatively than my sister, especially in front of my parents or in India; my sister is fond of minidresses (I am Goan and my wife is from Peru/US; all the siblings live in the US). The Americans women I know who are married to Indians and live in the US really work at fitting in. They wear sarees and bindi and avoid alcohol and public displays of affection

Speaking about caricatures, a few years ago there was a 60 Minutes show about bride burning in India. Judging by the questions I fielded you would think that practically 1 in 5 brides was burned and such crimes were never prosecuted.

Nick-H · Sep 22nd, 2007, 22:12

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Speaking about caricatures

Do not underestimate the extent of physical, mental and emotional abuse of women in India. Whether or not it is actually 'the accident with the kerosene stove' this may very well lead to death, or homelessness of the woman concerned.

I don't want to bring this dark subject into Nicole's thread, but nor can I let the regular occurance of cruelty and violence be brushed aside with a "you'd think that..."

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Sep 6th, 2007, 14:47	#65
rangers Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India Posts: 450	At my bayside forest cottage on the valentine day of 2007 a Japanese girl married to a local panwalla. They living happily till now. and its the 7th case in this beachtown of Puri.

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capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,113	okay, then we take it that the originator is not too worried about copyright

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Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,923	A lot of emails come with some sort of disclaimer at the end that is much funnier than any joke they might contain. I once tried too persuade a board of directors that it was total hogwash, and had no legal standing whatsoever, so why waste space with it? I didn't succeed

Sep 22nd, 2007, 20:55	#70
pontesnm Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bardez/Mumbai/New Jersey (USA) Posts: 219	T.I.P Hilarious story, LOL. I does have a Bollywood ring to it. I should add however, that it is very farfetched (at least if Barbara is from the US). There are definitely women who could be "Barbara" in my classroom (I teach US undergrads) but I cannot see any of them wanting to spend $1500 to travel to India without any companion. India hardly is a destination choice for the vast majority of 20 something US girls - too expensive, too exotic, too far away. Most people who work full time in the US get only 2 weeks of vacation so a trip to India is not very doable. And even if a young woman like Barbara travelled to India by herself, I could not see her wanting to spend a whole week in someone's house - they would be just as nervous as Vivek's dad at living alone in an Indian home. And pretending to be pregnant as a practical joke would not be something that they would do to their own parents - it would not be seen as funny - leave alone some strangers. Most US women who wanted to live with a Indian family for a week would want to fit in and would almost certainly not behave like Barbara. They would probably not be amused by this caricature of a US woman and would try and distance themselves from such a caricature. My wife dresses much more conservatively than my sister, especially in front of my parents or in India; my sister is fond of minidresses (I am Goan and my wife is from Peru/US; all the siblings live in the US). The Americans women I know who are married to Indians and live in the US really work at fitting in. They wear sarees and bindi and avoid alcohol and public displays of affection Speaking about caricatures, a few years ago there was a 60 Minutes show about bride burning in India. Judging by the questions I fielded you would think that practically 1 in 5 brides was burned and such crimes were never prosecuted.

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