Old chestnut with a twist of lemming

[PeterB]

Hi Sketco, and a big welcome to the forum.

Perhaps you should read my tale here.

It seems to me that there are some similarities with your situation. Although my tale there is far from complete, I should tell you that I've been living here in Philippines for a little over a year, Ruby and I celebrate our first wedding anniversary later this month, and our first baby is due to put in an appearance within the next 3 - 4 weeks!

[Sketco]

Hi Sketco, and a big welcome to the forum.

Perhaps you should read my tale here.

It seems to me that there are some similarities with your situation. Although my tale there is far from complete, I should tell you that I've been living here in Philippines for a little over a year, Ruby and I celebrate our first wedding anniversary later this month, and our first baby is due to put in an appearance within the next 3 - 4 weeks!

Thanks PeterB, I really appreciate the link to your story, very kind of you to share it. I see similarities in the internal battle between what I know and expect in my culture and what she sees as perfectly normal behaviour in hers. I've come to the conclusion that worrying about it is apt to lead to indigestion. So I'm going to let the cards fall where they may, and if I get done, well what's the problem. Even BHP makes a loss occasionally.

[pacificelectric]

Interesting story.... now I have a fairly good idea of what I can expect within a few months from now!! Interestingly in my case it seems there are women only in the picture: my GF is a single daughter (well, two other siblings died as infants) and her father vanished after her birth, she saw him once only and she has been raised by her mother and auntie with whom she currently lives. So it is not a big guess that Mom and Auntie will be the members of the jury... Well she tells me that whenever she gets mail from me her mom is excited like a teen-ager so hopefully things should be OK....