Cast of Characters

Colorblind Cupid’s family:

Saresh = husband. Met CBC in college; refused arranged marriage by parents; becomes lawyer instead of doctor; strife, hilarity, and eventual family bonding ensue.

DD = daughter. 4 going on 30; only grandchild on either side of family and spoiled accordingly; the princess who reigns over both the Indian and white kingdoms

MIL = Saresh’s mother (CBC’s mother-in-law). Devout Hindu; devoted mother; wears the proverbial pants in the family; immigrated to U.S. in the early 1980s.

FIL = Saresh’s father. Quiet, accountant, immigrated to U.S. in the early 1980s.

Auntie B = CBC’s sister; DD’s aunt; DD’s favorite person in the whole world after mom and dad

The Village = the South Indian community Saresh and CBC belong to

Uncle B (and Auntie) = Saresh’s pushy uncle; MIL’s brother-in-law; lives in same city as us

ChineseAmbassador’s family:

Ang = husband. Met CA in college, refused arranged marriage, and we married in 2001.

Little Mommy (LM) = daughter, 5 going on 30. Could probably run her own country, if given the chance.

Middle Chen = middle son, a loose cannon in every way.

Baby Chen = baby son, always happy and smiling - we call him the “bonus round” :)

The Matriarch = Ang’s mother, immigrated to the US in 1989. Ang’s father passed away in 2002.

Love Generously’s Family:

Strive = my husband, because he’s always striving to be better, to do more and to help others

Lance = my 5-year-old son, because he is all about speed, not unlike that “other” Lance

Sunshine = my 5-year-old daughter, because she is “oh so Merry”

Wink = my 3-year-old son, because he has developed a penchant for winking at women in the grocery!

Responses

Colorblind Cupid, Chinese Ambassador, and Love Generously, because I really like what you write and you make me laugh and cry and think I have awarded the three of you a badge called “Be the Blog”. Whether you all want to put it up somewhere as an honor or not, please know that I admire your dedication to this blog. Instructions are in a post called “Don’t Bogart the Badge” on my blog.

By: fightingwindmills on November 28, 2007
at 7:04 pm

Thank you very much! :) I’ll see if I can manage to follow the instructions (hee hee) - if not, CA may have to do it. So cool!

By: colorblindcupid on November 29, 2007
at 2:27 am

Gosh, FightingWindmills, I’m honored! Thank you!

By: LoveGenerously on December 3, 2007
at 4:24 am

I was just cruising around the dashboard and saw your blog, I must say it was “love at first sight”!!!

I enjoyed reading some of your posts, and I can totally relate to the blog as I am an Indian who lives in Hong Kong……so I can totally relate to alot of stuff written here from Bindi’s to chicken feet….!

keep up the good work!

By: wohlamhe on December 18, 2007
at 7:22 pm

welcome!! Wow that’s got to be some fun, going from Indian fare to “chicken feet central”! please stick around and blab with us.
:)

By: chineseambassador on December 18, 2007
at 7:24 pm

It’s nice to meet you all.

By: cbgrace on December 18, 2007
at 7:39 pm

Nice to meet you too! (checked out your blog)
:)

By: chineseambassador on December 18, 2007
at 7:47 pm

Welcome to both of you!

cbgrace - your little people post on your blog was hysterical. The whole cookie/washing hands episode is so typical. My daughter is 3.5 and that’s almost EVERY time we wash hands. She shrieks “It’s too hot! Too hot!” even when only the cold water is on. When you tell her only the cold is on, she’ll go “Oh. It’s too cold. Too cold!” Then if you get her sleeves wet (even a drop) she gets upset and whines. I think it’s just the genetic program of a toddler. Still, drunken behavior aside, they’re totally worth it. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in my whole life - or had as much fun, or ever felt that amazing kind of love that you do as a parent. There’s nothing like it.

I just got back from doing my daughter’s preschool Christmas party this morning. What a hoot! 7 3-year-olds - they were so cute. They decorated cookies and we played games and they just giggled and giggled. A good stress relief for adults. :)

By: colorblindcupid on December 18, 2007
at 8:11 pm

First time visitor but I must say… I enjoyed it immensely. I’ll have to check it out again.
Thanks for the interesting read

By: ScrewU on December 28, 2007
at 9:03 pm

ha ha ScrewU - you just now found us? :P

By: chineseambassador on December 28, 2007
at 9:06 pm

This is the first blog I’ve found while “tag surfing” that I’ll be visiting again!

Being married to a Yucatec Maya from southern Mexico and having just moved back to the States with him, I’ve found just enough familiar stuff here to make me nod my head. And lots of new stuff about interracial marriages with folks from different cultures that I’m excited about exploring more.

By: gabachayucateca on January 9, 2008
at 1:49 am

hey - welcome!!! we’re collecting quite a crew around here lol

By: chineseambassador on January 9, 2008
at 2:00 am

Welcome! If you don’t mind my asking, what tag did you use? I’m curious how people find the site (other than us whiteys/Indian mixes who all type in roughly the same search terms! Oy.)

By: colorblindcupid on January 9, 2008
at 4:11 am

Hmm…I honestly don’t remember the tag I used. I think it was actually just on the first page of related tags, as someone had just posted.

By: gabachayucateca on January 9, 2008
at 3:14 pm

I am white/native american mix. I know chineseambassador personally and that is how I found out about this blog. I dated a very cute Puerto Rican once. Everyone he met thought he was Indian though. Now I am married to a fully white person. I love chineseambassador’s writing she always makes me laugh so I am super glad to have seen this blog so now I can come back and not only see her funny posts but also her two companions posts as well!

By: WhiteyMcWheatBread on January 9, 2008
at 7:09 pm

LOL I see you checked your myspace page today … :P

By: chineseambassador on January 9, 2008
at 7:31 pm

I love this site. It’s great to know that there are others out there that can relate to me and my issues :) I keep trying to keep up with the postings, but every day I leave and come back the next day, or over the next couple of days and there is so much to read. My SO, Raj is East Indian.. but was born in Canada. I’m a native Floridian… white. I have two sons.. one is 7 the other will be 3 next month. I’m divorced (not b/c of anything I did). Raj and I are engaged… but his parents don’t know yet. Raj is actually the person who found this site and told me to go and check it out. I love it, I want to be able to read some more of the postings and post some myself, but school just started back and stuff… but I will be coming back every chance I get :) Have a great day!

By: Crystal on January 13, 2008
at 4:49 pm

Oh, I don’t have a website persay, but I do have a myspace page.. I’ve had it for 3 years now.. LOL.. doesn’t everyone have a myspace page??

http://www.myspace.com/crystal98 Check it out if you would like :)

By: Crystal on January 13, 2008
at 4:51 pm

Hi Crystal! :)

Oooh - I don’t do MySpace - freaks me out. My kid’s eventually going to be one of those who had to sneak off to a friend’s house to secretly do MySpace, because it’s just not happening for her here.

By: colorblindcupid on January 13, 2008
at 5:11 pm

LOL.. I have a myspace to keep in touch with my family.. and som friends from high school.. but I really don’t use it for anything.. I don’t think I want my kids on there either. I’ve contemplated deleting my account b/c I don’t use it for anything except for my family.

By: Crystal on January 13, 2008
at 6:05 pm

hmmm myspace is one of my ways of keeping in contact with my real friends and family. No one on my page is a stranger. I will let my kids have a page when they are old enough to not act dumb and abuse it so um about 30 lol. No seriously I think a lot of kids growing up now have way to much freedom…2 piece swim suits at 1, make up at 5, cell phones at 7, hair dyed at 10, new cars at 16, and that is just a girl… sigh. Ok I am sure this might have opened up a few cans of worms.

By: WhiteyMcWheatBread on January 13, 2008
at 8:04 pm

Myspace is great because it’s FREE!!!! And I’m a cheap ass.
I have a myspace page for my dance students, where I post my sign-up information, info on dancewear, dates, times, fees, videos of their performances, etc etc. It’s fab.

Would I use Myspace as my main form of socializing? lol No way - we got blogs for that!!! :) And my kids aren’t going to know about the internet until they are 12 anyway, since they are all going to be enrolled in science club, dance lessons, and CHINESE SCHOOL…muhahahaha

By: chineseambassador on January 13, 2008
at 8:24 pm

WMWB, I agree totally with you. These kids don’t need all of that, at least in my opinion. What happened to just going outside and playing or getting on your bicycle and hanging with friends. Mom and dad refused to let us stay inside and play on the Nitendo unless it was rainy outside.

By: ara0062 on January 13, 2008
at 11:22 pm

How do I get a little icon? Like my picture or something?

By: Crystal on January 14, 2008
at 3:57 pm

You need to set up an account with WordPress (easy and simple) and then download an avatar for yourself. It can be your picture - you just have to size it down small (otherwise when you load it it will just be your nose or something!). You upload the avatar you saved to your WordPress profile then.

By: colorblindcupid on January 14, 2008
at 4:51 pm

Cool. Thanks :)

By: Crystal on January 15, 2008
at 3:30 am

Me - Asian Indian - My wife - Caucasian
Is there a website where I can meet similar couples and share some thoughts on parenting and a host of other things? :)

By: KCV on July 1, 2008
at 6:17 pm

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