Well right now I am technically Miss Ding (Dīng Shān Shan, to be exact) but my freshman class 3 (one that invited me to the picnic) today tried very hard to convince me to marry a Chinese man and stay in China. We are discussing families & love/marriage in class this week but this class got me off-topic and on tangents for practically the entire class! Their arguments for why I should marry a Chinese man:
1. The man's family pays for the wedding (Dad would like that one haha)
2. Engagements are unnecessary (who needs to wait that long for a wedding anyways, right?)
3. Instead of calling your husband/wife's parents your in-laws, you simple call them your mom and dad (I'd gain another set of parents - not that mine aren't great already!!)
4. I could be a teacher and only work 20 (that's how many hours they think I work...I didn't want to admit that I work less than 1/2 that, haha)
5. Chinese get over 4 weeks vacation/holiday in a year
6. Many companies give extra vacation for a honeymoon (even more vacation!)
7. A woman can get up to a year off work when she has a kid
8. You must be 20 to legally marry (perfect, I'm older than that)
Despite all these arguments, staying in China to marry is definitely not in my future at the moment. They forgot that I would most likely tower over my husband and never get to see my family and friends! Students trying to marry me off = just another day in the classroom here in China. My students never cease to amaze and amuse me and they have an uncanny ability to make even Monday mornings turn into a great time :)
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