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		| Hobophobic 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:38 pm    Post subject: Foreign Dads to Korean family...any good gestures..ie:cigars |   |  
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				| So I am pretty anxious at the moment...first child is on the way...err..is 4 days late...but I was wondering if there are any Korean cultural gestures made by fathers to their friends and family with regards to a new baby... that is when the boy decides to come....   
 ...should I pass around cigars?....soju?...spam sets?...what, if any, is a good gesture on my part with the Korean family and friends?  Any ideas greatly appreciated....
 
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 Hobo
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		| Hollywoodaction 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:18 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Well, you should ask your wife.  She knows her family far better than we do.  If you throw a little party, get a couple of bottles of whiskey if you know some of them drink. |  | 
	
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		| Hobophobic 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:58 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I was thinking of having some Crown Royal and a Western style dinner... I have them hooked on mashed potatoes and dill pickles now...and indeed they do enjoy drinking...thanx... 
 I am just curious if there is a Korean custom...my wife just says drink soju with them all...that is a regular occurance...so I was thinking of something a bit more...well...less ordinary....
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		| Ya-ta Boy 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:30 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Don't you have to throw go-choo over the roof or something? |  | 
	
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		| Hobophobic 
 
  
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		| Hollywoodaction 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:24 am    Post subject: |   |  
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	  | Hobophobic wrote: |  
	  | I was thinking of having some Crown Royal and a Western style dinner... I have them hooked on mashed potatoes and dill pickles now...and indeed they do enjoy drinking...thanx... 
 I am just curious if there is a Korean custom...my wife just says drink soju with them all...that is a regular occurance...so I was thinking of something a bit more...well...less ordinary....
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 Listen to your wife.  The western style dinner might not be a good idea.  I prepared a huge Christmas the first year I was married (turkey, apple pie, etc).  I would have never guessed it would have turned out so good...but my in-laws didn't care for it.   If you want to prepare a meal/party for them, get some liquor and cook up some samgkyup-sal.
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		| BigBlackEquus 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:29 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I think sending a condom or birth control pills would be pretty hilarious. |  | 
	
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