Tag Archive 'Chinese parents'

For those of you who may have missed it, I was featured in a Global Times article titled “Meet the Parents,” which shares some personal tales of meet-the-Chinese-parents experiences from foreigners (including me) and offers some advice for any foreigners heading home with their boyfriend/girlfriend to meet the parents for the first time. Here’s a [...]

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I spent much of the past week in bed, and unfortunately, much of this weekend as well. So I’m sending you to the archives this Monday so I can catch my breath and rest up a little. Those of you new to this blog may have missed my posts on Chinese marriage, through the eyes [...]

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She and her Chinese boyfriend hope to marry someday. But his parents refuse to see her, and he hardly talks to them.

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A Western woman hardly speaks with her parents because of an abuse-ridden childhood, but her Chinese boyfriend disapproves.

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How my Chinese husband and I moved in with my grandmother, and how the Chinese value of filial piety played a role in it all.

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A Western woman is visiting her Chinese family, but the family speaks local dialects, not Mandarin, at the table and she’s lost.

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An overseas Chinese guy asks for advice on how to deal with questions from his parents/relatives about why he isn’t married yet.

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I went against the Chinese family etiquette to save a baby mobile. But maybe a foreigner’s ignorance sometimes comes in handy in China?

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An American woman dated her Chinese boyfriend for 7 years, yet he still hasn’t introduced her to the family, even though he promised.

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An American guy feels he is getting pressured into marriage by his five-year Chinese girlfriend and her mother.

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