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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: In-Lawed |
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While surfing around I came across this blog post about a guy taking his chinese in-laws around the states. It's bloody hilarious.
Here is a teaser, you really should read the entire post.
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| - Dad, I got you the chicken McNuggets. I got you the little cup of ketchup for them. I got you a hot fudge sundae. I then watched in amazement as you dipped each of your ten McNuggets into your hot fudge sundae. I explained that the ketchup was for dipping, the sundae was desert. You slathered each McNugget in hot fudge and ice cream anyway. Dad, you rock. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: |
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- I never realized how much traveling with your in-laws could be like traveling with two five-year-olds. You feel like an exasperated parent most of the time: �Don�t walk on people�s lawns.� �Don�t touch people.� �Wait for people to get off of the elevator before you rush in.� �Wash your hands.� �Please don�t yell across the store.� �Don�t sit in the road.� �Don�t cut in line.� �Throw that in the garbage can.�
- I never realized how much traveling with your Chinese in-laws makes you feel like you are five years old. It has been about twenty years since someone told me when to go to bed, when to get up, when to eat, and what to eat.
- Is there something about being in a foreign country that makes you lose basic skills like opening doors and avoiding objects in your path? There must be. Dad has walked into the dishwasher four times and always seems baffled by doors and windows and light switches. I have never noticed a difference in doors and windows in China, but maybe I have superhuman abilities when it comes to opening doors and not tripping over objects in plain sight.
- Mom hasn�t mastered the American restaurant experience yet. Things like �Wait to be Seated� and �Don�t scold the waiter� baffle her. Chinese table manners don�t bother me so much when I�m in China. I�m the foreigner there, and I expect everything to be different. I�ve found, though, that in the US things like constant snorting, slurping, burping, and farting at the dinner table drive me nuts. Having a 50-year-old woman burp in your face while her husband farts and slurps does wonders for your appetite. Well, at least they haven�t blown their noses on the floors of any restaurants yet.
- I came to China and ate the turtles and fish heads you made for me. I ate the pig ears and brains. You told me it was good and I should eat it. I did. You came to the US and asked where the nearest Chinese restaurant was. You sent me to the Chinese store to buy you food so you wouldn�t �starve.� I bought some non-Chinese food for you to try, but you refused because �Chinese food is the best. |
Slightly familiar, China is....
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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I just got back a few months ago from bringin my in-laws to Canada had so the same experiences.
I felt like I was the major heel telling them what to do and what not to do. As well, everytime I did, it put my wife in the uncomfortable position of saying "don't wistle at kids like they are dogs", "don't smack your gum on the plane".
It's funny, because I'm here in Korea and should listen to their advice, but when it comes to my home country (which I know fairy well) they seem to think I'm a total idiot.
Travelling with the in-laws is both a hoot and a pain.
here are some pics from when I went.
http://edandjoo.blogspot.com/2006/06/calgary-trip-summer-2006.html |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Nice pictures.
I took my in laws over a major part of Europe, in 10 days .....
Belgium - France (Paris) - France (Dijon) - Switzerland - Italie (Venice) - Germany (Koln) - Belgium.
In Belgium ofcourse Brussels and Brugge.
I drove about 2800 kilometers in ten days. I was beat. |
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