Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Brad Roberts wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Advantage #1 of marrying a foreigner: you get to convince her that V-day
is an artificial event created for commercial interests only because
they want to sell blood diamonds. Watching "Blood Diamond" together a
week before V-day recommended.
Andrei
Psst.. not to burst your bubble, but you're just as much a foreigner as
she is. So cut that out and go do something nice for your wife. :)
Of course. That does not diminish the effectiveness of the technique in
the least. The problems start of course when you share some V-Day
equivalent in your native culture (e.g. March 8 for us). At that point I
usually bring up the "When in Rome..." saying. :o)
Andrei
A couple of years back I introduced her to the Japanese "white day,"
which is (warning: oversimplified explanation ahead) held a week later,
with the roles reversed as it were. Works out well for me.
-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls
