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More on Weathering Those Cross-Cultural Differences in Your Relationship

April 11, 2016April 10, 2016 Jocelyn Eikenburg 5 Comments cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, intercultural marriage, intercultural relationship, Shanghai China

I’ve been happily married for over a decade to someone from another country and culture. And like many folks in my

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Guest Post: How I Came to Write Gay (Asian Male/Western Male) Romance Novels

December 4, 2015December 3, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 17 Comments AMWM, Asian men, Atom Yang, cross-cultural relationship, intercultural relationship, interracial relationship, Red Envelope, romance novels, Western men

For years, Atom Yang heard “Sorry I’m not into Asians.” He eventually found true love with a non-Asian man, and was inspired to write AMWM romance novels.

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Things I’ve Learned from My Chinese Husband: Not Everyone Does DTR (Defining the Relationship)

October 19, 2015October 20, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 18 Comments America, China, Chinese husband, cross-cultural relationship, Dating Chinese men, dating in China, define the relationship, DTR, intercultural relationship, interracial relationship

It’s fascinating that a relationship could either be really simple, or incredibly complicated and worthy of long discussions, depending on your culture.

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Guest Post: My Relationship Ideals Were a Smorgasbord of Western & Eastern Values, All Torn Down by Him

August 28, 2015August 27, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 23 Comments Canada, cross-cultural relationship, Dating Chinese men, Hong Kong, intercultural relationship

Jocelyn Wong writes, “I didn’t realise I could compromise my core values for a man. But what can I say? I was stupidly in love.”

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How Could I Forget About the Cultural Differences in My Intercultural Marriage?

May 11, 2015April 27, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 29 Comments cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, Favorites, intercultural couples, intercultural marriage, intercultural relationship

An interviewer asked, “Tell me about some cultural differences between you and your Chinese husband.” Why couldn’t I think of a single decent example?

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Guest Post: “I don’t look at my daughter as Indian or Canadian. I look at her soul.”

February 13, 2015February 12, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 31 Comments Alexandra Madhavan, AMWF, AMWF couples, AMWF love stories, AMWF relationships, Asian men, biracial Asian kids, Canadian women, cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, Indian men, interracial relationship, Madh Mama, Western women

White Canadian Alexandra thought all of the ignorant comments about her marriage to a South Indian man would end once they had a child. But they didn’t.

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5 Habits My Chinese Husband Has Learned From Me

January 12, 2015January 11, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 34 Comments Chinese husband, cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, intercultural marriage, intercultural relationship, International marriage

After over 10 years of marriage to me, his white American wife, my Chinese husband has learned a few of my habits.

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4 Habits I’ve Learned from my Chinese Husband

January 5, 2015February 26, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 21 Comments Chinese husband, cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, Favorites, intercultural marriage, intercultural relationship

When you marry someone from another culture and country – like I have – you’re bound to pick up some of your foreign spouse’s new habits.

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3 Ideas for Reducing Arguments in Your Cross-cultural Relationship

November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 34 Comments America, China, cross-cultural marriage, cross-cultural relationship, intercultural marriage, intercultural relationship

Arguments can get really ugly in a cross-cultural relationship. Why? Because sometimes the ways we argue and things we argue about relate back to culture.