Comments on: Intercultural Couple Question #1: What Was Your Childhood Like? http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like intercultural relationship stories and advice Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:09:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gori Girl http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3655 Gori Girl Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:23:33 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3655 Well, if you're ever interested in putting the information up on a blog, let me know - I bet it'd be pretty interesting! We have <a href="http://gorigirl.com/forum/cross-cultural-elsewhere-on-the-web-1/bloggers-unite-1" rel="nofollow">a thread in the forum</a> on blogging where you could ask any questions on the topic that you might have. Well, if you’re ever interested in putting the information up on a blog, let me know – I bet it’d be pretty interesting! We have a thread in the forum on blogging where you could ask any questions on the topic that you might have.

]]> By: Jamily5 http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3583 Jamily5 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:34:18 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3583 Hi GG, I am just beginning to read your blog. I have to go back to the beginning. I too have many stories to tell I and he me. There are so many things that are different. I want to sit on the rooftop -- (not play cricket like he did), but stories make you wish that you were there. But, even the slaughter of goats/lambs, story of circumcision, rooftop playing, beggars at the door, gates in front of every house and what to eat when you are sick are different, yet interesting. He still can't understand how "prom" was so important or can't imagine himself doing many of the things that I have done as a child. I have written about these subjects many times: as I journal, but never put them on the internet. 1 reason is because of blog accessibility and the other is because I did not think that many ppl would be interested. I'll try but applaud you for being the pioneer in this arena! Now, it is off to read the beginning of your blog and work my way up to the present. Jan Hi GG, I am just beginning to read your blog. I have to go back to the beginning. I too have many stories to tell I and he me. There are so many things that are different. I want to sit on the rooftop — (not play cricket like he did), but stories make you wish that you were there. But, even the slaughter of goats/lambs, story of circumcision, rooftop playing, beggars at the door, gates in front of every house and what to eat when you are sick are different, yet interesting. He still can’t understand how “prom” was so important or can’t imagine himself doing many of the things that I have done as a child. I have written about these subjects many times: as I journal, but never put them on the internet. 1 reason is because of blog accessibility and the other is because I did not think that many ppl would be interested. I’ll try but applaud you for being the pioneer in this arena! Now, it is off to read the beginning of your blog and work my way up to the present. Jan

]]> By: History of Television « Musings from an American-Nepali Household http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3533 History of Television « Musings from an American-Nepali Household Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:10:14 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3533 [...] in an intercultural relationship, including one that encourages you and your partner to discuss differences in your childhood to help understand different cultural [...] [...] in an intercultural relationship, including one that encourages you and your partner to discuss differences in your childhood to help understand different cultural [...]

]]> By: Americanepali http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3338 Americanepali Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:44:46 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3338 GG, I like your advice, but it works best if your significant other knows how to tell a story. I’ve never met someone in my life with a worse memory for non-academic oriented detail than P. Actually half the stories that I’ve been telling at “American-Nepali Household” he only murkily remembers and most of the details he relies on me to know. It’s pretty incredible and I don’t know how he does it... I’m really interested in details, I absolutely love listening to stories, so I will ask about 10 million questions to learn more about the background of something from P, but usually I have to rely on other people to fill in the missing pieces. P’s cousin Madhu-di is amazing, she is like a walking family encyclopedia… she can tell me the back story on any member of the family, or their childhoods, or anything. P’s high school friends are good at filling in the details too. Or P’s other family members, but P is a little hopeless. He does have little glimmers now and then, if looking at pictures, but anything long and involved, forget it. Same goes with a lot of details on festivals and rituals or cultural things. I’ve learn more of these from friends rather than P. It’s not that he isn’t interested, he just doesn’t see the importance in detail and doesn't commit it to memory. He seems equally surprised at my ability to remember so much. Actually, the more I think about it, a lot of P’s family are pretty good with stories. Over the summer we interviewed P’s grandfather on video and recorded over an hour of a long involved story from when he worked in Royal Chitwan National Park. Even P’s dad can tell a good story if you ask him enough questions. I guess the apple fell far from the tree with this one… GG, I like your advice, but it works best if your significant other knows how to tell a story. I’ve never met someone in my life with a worse memory for non-academic oriented detail than P. Actually half the stories that I’ve been telling at “American-Nepali Household” he only murkily remembers and most of the details he relies on me to know. It’s pretty incredible and I don’t know how he does it… I’m really interested in details, I absolutely love listening to stories, so I will ask about 10 million questions to learn more about the background of something from P, but usually I have to rely on other people to fill in the missing pieces. P’s cousin Madhu-di is amazing, she is like a walking family encyclopedia… she can tell me the back story on any member of the family, or their childhoods, or anything. P’s high school friends are good at filling in the details too. Or P’s other family members, but P is a little hopeless. He does have little glimmers now and then, if looking at pictures, but anything long and involved, forget it. Same goes with a lot of details on festivals and rituals or cultural things. I’ve learn more of these from friends rather than P. It’s not that he isn’t interested, he just doesn’t see the importance in detail and doesn’t commit it to memory. He seems equally surprised at my ability to remember so much.

Actually, the more I think about it, a lot of P’s family are pretty good with stories. Over the summer we interviewed P’s grandfather on video and recorded over an hour of a long involved story from when he worked in Royal Chitwan National Park. Even P’s dad can tell a good story if you ask him enough questions. I guess the apple fell far from the tree with this one…

]]> By: Amanda http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3337 Amanda Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:12:35 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3337 GG - Aditya tried very hard to learn to swim for you -- Megan and I spent some time teaching him one summer at Darius' house. He tried very hard, despite the non-help his 'brothers' provided. It was very sweet :) GG – Aditya tried very hard to learn to swim for you — Megan and I spent some time teaching him one summer at Darius’ house. He tried very hard, despite the non-help his ‘brothers’ provided. It was very sweet :)

]]> By: Andrea http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3335 Andrea Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:32:24 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3335 When we went to India, my mother-in-law dug out some old family photos and seeing my husband as a little kid really helped me comprehend his childhood, even more than when we had discussed it. He seems so "American" now, it was really eye-opening to see all these old photos of him dressed up like Krishna for some holiday or other, him going through all these rituals and celebrations, him with all his friends at a birthday party, sitting on the floor all eating rice and curd with their hands (I don't think I'll ever get the hang of doing that), even the photos of his parents as a young couple - it was really neat. I don't know if he was as intrigued by my old photos from ballet recitals, etc., but who knows? When we went to India, my mother-in-law dug out some old family photos and seeing my husband as a little kid really helped me comprehend his childhood, even more than when we had discussed it. He seems so “American” now, it was really eye-opening to see all these old photos of him dressed up like Krishna for some holiday or other, him going through all these rituals and celebrations, him with all his friends at a birthday party, sitting on the floor all eating rice and curd with their hands (I don’t think I’ll ever get the hang of doing that), even the photos of his parents as a young couple – it was really neat. I don’t know if he was as intrigued by my old photos from ballet recitals, etc., but who knows?

]]> By: apillai http://gorigirl.com/intercultural-couple-question-1-what-was-your-childhood-like#comment-3332 apillai Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:10:33 +0000 http://gorigirl.com/?p=1325#comment-3332 This is awesome! P and I were just talking about this exact concept last night. I had told him that it was difficult for me to even picture him as a kid...I really feel like I have very little to no concept of his childhood sometimes. I agree that sharing stories and discussing differences is a really wonderful and fun way to learn more about each other. This is awesome! P and I were just talking about this exact concept last night. I had told him that it was difficult for me to even picture him as a kid…I really feel like I have very little to no concept of his childhood sometimes. I agree that sharing stories and discussing differences is a really wonderful and fun way to learn more about each other.

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