A few weeks ago, one of my best friends, knowing I am in a relationship with a shorter man, sent me the following excerpt from an outdated manual on kissing: It is […] necessary that the man be taller than … Continue reading
It’s been over a year since I started blogging about my conflicted feelings over being an Asian girlfriend to a white boyfriend, and how I grapple with the abundant negative stereotypes out there about my kind of romantic pairing. I’ve … Continue reading
Someone forgot to send me the memo on how October 19 was Write About Leftover Women Day. Aren’t I part of the club? After all, I used to write about a special leftover woman in my life named Teacher Wang, … Continue reading
Falling in love today is a bigger pain in the butt compared to eighty years ago, and for that I blame globalization. Back when my grandparents married, they had the usual concerns about compatibility based on age, temperament and family … Continue reading
The next time you need some advice on love, relationships and/or marriage, go to a Shanghai bus stop. You don’t need to actually take the bus anywhere to be enlightened. Merely look at the bus stop post if there is … Continue reading
Here’s the story of a guy who was dumped by a potential leftover woman. # I’ve long been a spectator of my Chinese friend Guy’s love life. Last fall, I blogged about his biggest romantic decision, when he left his long-term girlfriend … Continue reading
My boyfriend is more than a decade older than me, a pasty white guy from the American Midwest, and shorter than me by a few inches. Guess which factor my Asian parents are most upset about. *** I was born … Continue reading
Dear Shiok! readers: To give you a break from my increasingly long blog posts, here’s a quickie, in the form of a poll. Whether you are male or female, Chinese or Western or Chinese-Western, young or old, tall or short, … Continue reading
Sometimes I wonder whether I’m in Shanghai to learn Mandarin, or to learn Chinese opinions on love, dating and relationships. Last week, my Teacher Wang drew her Venn diagrams to explain why she is one of Shanghai’s “leftover women” or sheng … Continue reading
In my recent past as an undergraduate student in Canada, I knew a guy whose relationship came to represent the Proper Love Lives of All Chinese Men to me. Or, to be more specific, the Proper Love Lives of All … Continue reading
