You know you're married to a Filipina when ......

[Terpe]

Your refrigerator is always full but you can't find much food you recognize

You've learnt how to understand eyebrows moving up and down and which way lips are pointed

You wonder about the bedsheets she just mentioned

Everything in the house was bought on sale, even if you don't need it.. just as long as it was a "bargain"

One of the favorite sauces is called "patis," which here in the UK is called turpentine

You now recycle plastic shopping bags as kitchen pedal bin bags

Christmas season begins in September and runs through to January

You know just what is meant by "rubber shoes" / "ref" / CR

You see that although she may not have had a second pair of shoes growing up, she know how to make up for lost time.

All meant in fun and best possible taste

[imagine]

That's all true

You know when there is no rice (when she has high temper)

She asks you a question (but don't answer - she wont listen) (don't push it or she will shoot you down)

[Michael Parnham]

When everything's 'Later'

[bigmarco]

When she takes her water ladle to the bathroom

[Dedworth]

When you can hear her on the phone from the bottom of the garden

[imagine]

When she takes her water ladle to the bathroom

Then you need your rubber boots or waders because they like to get water all over