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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 670234" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>Hi Cedar,</p><p>There are not too many of us long time married folks out there. Yes {forever} we are 35 years married.</p><p></p><p>Always issues, especially with mixed cultures. I don't know of anyone who has had the "happily ever after" relationship- darn Disney, all their fault we were supposed to marry Prince Charming and be happy all the time. Harrumph. Actually, I was thinking of the examples we had through the entertainment of the mid 50's and 60's of married life. My Dad back then <em>loved </em>Jackie Gleason, we watched him gosh, was it Saturday nights?</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]adQhWSfQsss[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>My hubs is not as talkative, but he is intense like Ralph. We have had good times and bad. We took an oath, for better or worse. Here we are, 35 years later and learning to care for ourselves and each other all over again after the craziness with our beloved G-F-G's.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it is stellar as well. To see different cultures, hear the language and witness the interaction. You wouldn't even have to say a bad Chinese word, just the intonation works!</p><p></p><p>I am glad my parents taught us to respect and embrace ethnicities other than our own. My Dad loved that Hawaii was a melting pot, and that we had such an opportunity to move here.</p><p></p><p>My hubs was raised more Hawaiian than Chinese, his Mom had the Chinese intonations. Her talking was mostly at a shouting level, she was funny, and boy could she ever cook!</p><p>Hubs speaks English pretty well for a "local" boy. Pidgin English is the colorful, all mixed up language that you may have heard of. I can break in to it, having lived most of my life here. Pidgin English with a Boston accent- interesting stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yuck, we call them B-52's. They come out of the walls and fly during hot, humid weather.</p><p></p><p>When I was very pregnant with my first, unable to sleep under the weight of my belly, and the heat of the night, I lay awake and heard the familiar sound of the ginormous flying cockroach.</p><p></p><p>I was paralyzed with the thought that this thing was flying in my bedroom, and I could barely move just to turn over, how would I escape it if it came near?</p><p></p><p>Pac, pac, pac, pac, the hapless cockroach flew, bumping into the walls, the ceiling, the light fixture like a pinball, in a frenzy. Just when I decided I needed to get up and turn the light on <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">PAC!!!</span></strong> that evil, vile, disgusting, serrated scratchy legged, two inch B-52 dropped at guillotine speed right onto my neck! My hormone heightened super senses felt the insult spreading from the filthy varmint on my tender neck to my very inner being, instantaneously I grabbed it and hurled it across the dark room. PAC, it hit the door, and I grabbed the hubs and shook him awake, still reeling from the disgustingness of it all. BLEK, the memory of it still makes me want to VOMIT! Yuck factor beyond the Richter scale.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes a very strong appropriate Chinese swear word, or any other language will do!</p><p></p><p>Nasty, nasty creatures.</p><p></p><p>Hope you were able to stomach the clean up. eckkkkk!</p><p></p><p>Good night to you Cedar, sleep tight!</p><p></p><p>Leafy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 670234, member: 19522"] Hi Cedar, There are not too many of us long time married folks out there. Yes {forever} we are 35 years married. Always issues, especially with mixed cultures. I don't know of anyone who has had the "happily ever after" relationship- darn Disney, all their fault we were supposed to marry Prince Charming and be happy all the time. Harrumph. Actually, I was thinking of the examples we had through the entertainment of the mid 50's and 60's of married life. My Dad back then [I]loved [/I]Jackie Gleason, we watched him gosh, was it Saturday nights? [MEDIA=youtube]adQhWSfQsss[/MEDIA] My hubs is not as talkative, but he is intense like Ralph. We have had good times and bad. We took an oath, for better or worse. Here we are, 35 years later and learning to care for ourselves and each other all over again after the craziness with our beloved G-F-G's. I think it is stellar as well. To see different cultures, hear the language and witness the interaction. You wouldn't even have to say a bad Chinese word, just the intonation works! I am glad my parents taught us to respect and embrace ethnicities other than our own. My Dad loved that Hawaii was a melting pot, and that we had such an opportunity to move here. My hubs was raised more Hawaiian than Chinese, his Mom had the Chinese intonations. Her talking was mostly at a shouting level, she was funny, and boy could she ever cook! Hubs speaks English pretty well for a "local" boy. Pidgin English is the colorful, all mixed up language that you may have heard of. I can break in to it, having lived most of my life here. Pidgin English with a Boston accent- interesting stuff. Yuck, we call them B-52's. They come out of the walls and fly during hot, humid weather. When I was very pregnant with my first, unable to sleep under the weight of my belly, and the heat of the night, I lay awake and heard the familiar sound of the ginormous flying cockroach. I was paralyzed with the thought that this thing was flying in my bedroom, and I could barely move just to turn over, how would I escape it if it came near? Pac, pac, pac, pac, the hapless cockroach flew, bumping into the walls, the ceiling, the light fixture like a pinball, in a frenzy. Just when I decided I needed to get up and turn the light on [B][SIZE=5]PAC!!![/SIZE][/B] that evil, vile, disgusting, serrated scratchy legged, two inch B-52 dropped at guillotine speed right onto my neck! My hormone heightened super senses felt the insult spreading from the filthy varmint on my tender neck to my very inner being, instantaneously I grabbed it and hurled it across the dark room. PAC, it hit the door, and I grabbed the hubs and shook him awake, still reeling from the disgustingness of it all. BLEK, the memory of it still makes me want to VOMIT! Yuck factor beyond the Richter scale. Yes a very strong appropriate Chinese swear word, or any other language will do! Nasty, nasty creatures. Hope you were able to stomach the clean up. eckkkkk! Good night to you Cedar, sleep tight! Leafy [/QUOTE]
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