Lucy's Journey

I’m often asked by my readers about culture differences between me and my husband and I always respond with ‘I probably have more culture differences between my mother in law and me than between us’. And every single time this question comes out we wonder: what was the most shocking to us ?

Before being with me my husband dated a European girl as well, lived for few years in Australia then in America – I thought me, my family, environment I was raised in won’t be surprising. On the other hand, besides having few Asian friends, I got thrown in at the deep end. A friend is different than a partner, not to mention dealing with all family members. Sing is a Hongkonger after father and Shanghainese after his mother so on my first ever trip to Asia I was clashed with two cultures!

Finally, after hours of…