I've seen that blue dress somewhere before...maybe it was J.Crew or Gap or something...

The thing is, one's bank account is usually under the name they open it with. My husband and I opened our joint account before we married, but told the clerk that there may be cheques under my married name and they were fine with that. After we married all I had to do was to bring in the marriage certificate to…

Depending on how people were raised, it isn't necessarily THEIR CHOICE. Parents and family have...expectations. If my husband and I went to city hall for our wedding, and followed it with a small dinner with just us and our witnesses, both our families will freak (I'm Chinese, he's Jewish). It might not be…

The producers will probably make that 25 year old who makes $30K live with her parents just so she could have "that lifestyle." In some cultures, that wouldn't be unrealistic.

Money is big in the single situation. Weddings tend to be expensive (even if you aren't going all out with the country club reception and $8K dress) and many simply can't afford it. I guess if you're middle or upper middle class, you can "get by" with an amazing wedding with plenty of DIY projects, but lower-income…

Isn't UK Siri a guy's voice?

Ahhh, Alberta, the Bible Belt of Canada. I'm not sure if this family is super-religious like the Duggars, but I've found that those who ARE religious tend to have many more kids than those who're secular.

I'm in Hong Kong right now, and I think the lack of fast food gourmet burger joints (I don't know the chains in the US or even the rest of Canada, but in Toronto, we have places like Hero Burger and Gourmet Burger Co not to mention many independents and sitdown/service burger bars) is why places like McDonald's is…

Yes, that's what I mean. Again, see my comment about the cousin who uses the J-word. I tried correcting her, only to be criticized by some family members for doing so.

Not just parents, but often, of siblings, if the child isn't in school yet. In these cultures, siblings are referred to by their birth order, as are cousins. It can get really confusing, since you probably have like five different titles (I'm an older cousin (bew jie in Cantonese) to some, younger (bew mui) to others…

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Different languages consider different words, rude/inappropriate/racist. See my comment about my cousin's use of "Jap."

In the Rihanna case or in general?

I'm really not sure how to react to this. I do think it's partially cultural, and while it probably is wrong in all respects, I'm not sure if it's truly our job for calling it out. They have to call it out themselves. I have been criticized by my older family members for attempting to correcting my peer group…

I don't get the Hello Kitty obsession with adults, either, but it seems to be common in certain cultures, just like those baby voices.....maybe it's just that I hear them too often in some of my cultural communities.

I can always tell over the phone whether someone grew up in a predominantly Chinese neighbourhood or with a lot of Hong Kong/Taiwanese influence based on how she speaks - and this includes women who were born/raised in Canada. Those who are more influenced by Hong Kong/Taiwanese culture tend to sound more child-like,…

But that one isn't official-official.

I always thought Frosty was a sad song anyway...

Yeah, sometimes the parents are the annoying ones.

Wouldn't her pictures have been considered sexy regardless of whether she was fully nude or just topless (and therefore inappropriate in her home country)?

At my undergrad, there were four small to mid-sized women's residence halls and one HUGE guys-only one. At the end of my third year, the guys-only residence announced that it was going co-ed, but some guys, especially those from more conservative cultures, were pissed. I believe that they ended up making a few…