Lisa,
It's just like I said in my first post, before someone decided to start taking potshots at me Again!
Why do you care? Does it bother you what other people think? You have to be like a duck & water and just let it roll off. The amount of flack that we (wife & I) received in the early days nobody here could even begin to have an idea about (asian or western). Asian (Singaporean) Society was much more closed off in the early '80's than now, two decades later.
Both your's & vaishali's answers are good and I respect you both for that. As far a Wham is concerned, we are in agreement 100%. Today, the walls are down or coming down fast kinda like the Berlin Wall.
Yes, V we are starting to be invaded by the dim side (joke girls!) and you and Bremen and Saint are primarily responsible for that yourselves with you continuous forays into the 'other' domain. In the vernacular of Eric's storytellers, I'd don't believe a finger in the Dike (Dyke?) is going to stop the flow this time. And, if they learn to spell so that expats on an expat forum can understand what it is they are trying to say, then maybe it's a good thing?
vaishali
rofl, you sound like me. I've done that, gotten into a few screaming matches with women who have asked my husband in front of me "why don't you leave her and come with me, you need a real woman". Erm, yeh, like I'm going to take that without retaliating in some way!!
Had to laugh over that one. In the early days (till about '91) we had the same problem, except the other way around. Expats continuously hitting on my wife (even when I was around). In our case, my wife was a professional singer and one of the requirements of the profession is PR. Unfortunately, in a club, when guys get a few under their belts, PR comes across as desire to them and all hell usually breaks loose. She was, and still is, an expert in handling the drinking crowd especially when she has a mic in her hands.
Anyway, welcome aboard you two!