Tomorrows the Day

[djwalker60]

We'll Tomorrow, 17 July is the long awaited date for the wife to arrive. I have been reading a lot as to the "Do's" and "Don'ts". I have come across a post with the following website:

 

http://www.fromchinatousa.net/froum/

 

This does site focus more on postive or negative aspects of moving here? I really do not want her to read a site where all the women complain about how bad everything is..

 

Just looking for some postive input for the wife. Addtionally, what are (if any) good websites for her to visit?

 

 

Thanks

Dan

[Yuanyang]

Congratulations!!!

 

Clean.

She'll be both excited and exhaused.

Have a phone card ready so she can call her family to let them know she arrived safely. (while she's doing that you can clean some more )

Let her settle in and try to get her to sleep.

Have food pre-prepared for when she wakes.

 

Best wishes to the two of you!

[djwalker60]

I've been cleaning for a week, if I vacuum anymore I'll burn out the vaccuum. New sheets, heck even purchased a new mattress

(according to her specifications of course) A few last minute items to do before tomorrow AM when she arrives.

 

Lastly a "twist" to my post. As many people have asked me what my wife's name is, I of course tell them her Chinese name.. then they say.. "what is her English name?" We'll I respond, she doesn't have one. We've decided that we will not do that. I can say her name so I guess people can learn. Any thoughts on this ?

 

 

Dan

[Yuanyang]

I've been cleaning for a week, if I vacuum anymore I'll burn out the vaccuum. New sheets, heck even purchased a new mattress

(according to her specifications of course) A few last minute items to do before tomorrow AM when she arrives.

 

Lastly a "twist" to my post. As many people have asked me what my wife's name is, I of course tell them her Chinese name.. then they say.. "what is her English name?" We'll I respond, she doesn't have one. We've decided that we will not do that. I can say her name so I guess people can learn. Any thoughts on this ?

 

 

Dan

 

Mine took about a year to come up with an American name. Daughter has tried so many I've forgotten then all. I told her that friends and family will learn to pronounce her name. She now has one for business purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Yeah. Dump the porn.

 

 

 

Don! Where's that link to The List? It should've been pinned.

[slw268]

I've been cleaning for a week, if I vacuum anymore I'll burn out the vaccuum. New sheets, heck even purchased a new mattress

(according to her specifications of course) A few last minute items to do before tomorrow AM when she arrives.

 

Lastly a "twist" to my post. As many people have asked me what my wife's name is, I of course tell them her Chinese name.. then they say.. "what is her English name?" We'll I respond, she doesn't have one. We've decided that we will not do that. I can say her name so I guess people can learn. Any thoughts on this ?

 

 

Dan

My wife's name is Ying.

Always has been and always will.

I never quite got the need to change to an English name.

Chinese names are meaningful, i.e. Steve = Steve, while

Ying = hero, lucky one, to win.

Let people learn her name and respect her for being Asian,

not who they might think she oughta be.

 

 

Why does everybody clean, clean, clean?

My wife's about as unorganized, messy and un-Donna Reed

as they come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, aa . . . keep the porn, ya never know B)

Edited July 16, 2010 by slw268 (see edit history)

[djwalker60]

I've been cleaning for a week, if I vacuum anymore I'll burn out the vaccuum. New sheets, heck even purchased a new mattress

(according to her specifications of course) A few last minute items to do before tomorrow AM when she arrives.

 

Lastly a "twist" to my post. As many people have asked me what my wife's name is, I of course tell them her Chinese name.. then they say.. "what is her English name?" We'll I respond, she doesn't have one. We've decided that we will not do that. I can say her name so I guess people can learn. Any thoughts on this ?

 

 

Dan

My wife's name is Ying.

Always has been and always will.

I never quite got the need to change to an English name.

Chinese names are meaningful, i.e. Steve = Steve, while

Ying = hero, lucky one, to win.

Let people learn her name and respect her for being Asian,

not who they might think she oughta be.

 

 

Why does everybody clean, clean, clean?

My wife's about as unorganized, messy and un-Donna Reed

as they come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, aa . . . keep the porn, ya never know B)

 

 

I'll just clear the history out of my internet browsers.. I also feel that people will just need to learn to pronounce her name..

 

thanks for the input.. I'm watching the weather and maybe a bit odd, but found a website www.flightaware.com where I can track her flight from the time it leaves until it is about to arrive at seatac..

 

D-

 

[Batmaniac]

 

 

My wife's name is Ying.

Always has been and always will.

I never quite got the need to change to an English name.

Chinese names are meaningful, i.e. Steve = Steve, while

Ying = hero, lucky one, to win.

Let people learn her name and respect her for being Asian,

not who they might think she oughta be.

 

 

We sure do have a lot of wives with name of Ying on CFL! I agree with this totally. My Ying kept asking if people will have a hard time pronouncing her name. I said no of course not. And that's been generally the case. I do guess we Americans put a harder Y sound in front than the Chinese. I hear "ing" a lot.

 

Now, Ying did have a collection of English names from her trading company. Alice, Chloe, Donna . . . We had been together in person 2 weeks when her brother took us out for a hot pot lunch. He speaks limited English, but got very serious, looked me in the eye raised his voice and said "Michael! DO YOU LOVE ALICE!" Scared the crap out of me. I'm calling after Ying who went to the bathroom. "Who the hell is this Alice person, baby?"

 

I still find Ying introducing herself as Chloe. Sometimes it's just the person she meets. If she doesn't feel like she will be good friends (like college classmates, study partners), she'll use Chloe.

[Sam and Fen]

I would suggest putting PPTV on your computer.

 

And oh yes practice saying "Yes Dear".

[chilton747]

I really do not want her to read a site where all the women complain about how bad everything is..

 

 

Don't worry, she will find that out for herself.

[TLB]

 

Lastly a "twist" to my post. As many people have asked me what my wife's name is, I of course tell them her Chinese name.. then they say.. "what is her English name?" We'll I respond, she doesn't have one. We've decided that we will not do that. I can say her name so I guess people can learn. Any thoughts on this ?

 

 

Dan

 

Do what is comfortable to you with regard to the name; some change, some don't -- if you don't want an English name, fine. People will learn to deal with it either way, and either way she'll have some adjusting to do: it's not like she heard people call her by her given name all the time in China either.

[Smitty]

All I can say is good luck, and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful weekend for her to arrive! Certainly better than two weeks ago!

[michaln]

get Italk bb phone servicde and get her her own computer

or yours will never be the same

[chilton747]

get Italk bb phone servicde and get her her own computer

or yours will never be the same

 

 

Ain't that the truth!!

[warpedbored]

Don't worry too much about the cleaning. She will either be a neat freak and you can never do it well enough or she'll be like mine and Steve's wife and not care.

[djwalker60]

Don't worry too much about the cleaning. She will either be a neat freak and you can never do it well enough or she'll be like mine and Steve's wife and not care.

 

 

So far she is neat...... very neat... oh.. always need to make sure you flush... !!!