Weddings Around the World | Culture Cuddles #1

German boyfriend feels uncomfortable showing his face but is definitely not ashamed to sit so comfortably on the couch xD

I am imagining that when you two get married, the minister/priest refers to German boyfriend as 'German Boyfriend'. 😂

I say we hide with face with Uyen's crocheted creations

Uyen's mismatched socks fit well with the laid-back vibe. This podcast is so much fun.

About breaking things: in Poland it's common that the weeding couple is throwing Champaign glasses on the floor, and then they clean it together - like a symbol of the normal, daily stuff that happens.

I dated an English guy when I was studying in the UK. The cultural differences were crazy. I am Iranian and because of our culture with poems/literature (persian), love is a very fantastical thing. Showing love is always super romantic & dramatic. Like you would tell someone you'd die for them (in different ways) at least 3 times a day. Even outside a romantic relationship, you'd tell a close friend ,family member or children that "I'd get sacrificed for you" in casual conversation or even as a form of saying thank you. eg: sister: "do you want me to make more coffee for you?" me: "no honey, I'd die for you". Even typing it in English sounds ridiculous but it's so enmeshed in our culture that we're used to it. We use it as a term of endearment and almost never think of the meaning. Now imagine me, from this culture, dating a very practical and logical English guy. I was 16, away from family for the first time and I just felt my bf didn't love me because AT MOST he'd just say I love you. I got used to it eventually but the first few months were terrible. The funny thing is, I'm now married to someone from my own culture but my time in the UK has made me cold from the point of view of onlookers because I'm far less dramatic in love 🤣

In Vietnam it is true that we don't have proposals. But when you take your boy/girl friend to meet your family and every one started asking, to your face, behind your back, to your parents, to your siblings, to your nieces/nepthew... when are you two gonna get married before you even think about it. If your partner doesn't flat out deny it, that's when you realize you're getting married.

A not so happy intercultural relationship story: I am from the U.S., and in grad school, I started dating a grad student who was from south India. I enjoyed learning about his culture and meeting his friends. It was about 6 months into the relationship that one of his friends explained to me that I was just the girlfriend to be had until my boyfriend was pressured by his family to marry someone they arranged for him. I confronted my boyfriend, and he confirmed it. I wouldn’t have let the relationship get that far if I knew there was no chance of us getting married, but he never mentioned it, and I didn’t know enough to ask.

I literally freaked out when german boyfriend read my comment 😅 Yes i said a whole lemon 🍋 ...its to be kept hidden but it will absorb all "negative energy"

I'm Brazilian, married to a Swede, living in Sweden, we got married in Sweden because weddings in Brazil are usually huge and we didn't had the money for it. One Brazilian tradition I did was to write the names of my friends that were single on the underskirt of my dress, I took a picture lifting my skirt up to show the names for my friends who couldn't attend, there were a lot of side eyes from my Swedish guests.

Uyens honesty about her rough origin was so awesome. She is so cute and full of light when she talks about all things, good or bad. I appreciate her good energy.

Not married but black american: it's common in some black american families, after the wedding ceremony the bride and groom will jump the broom - a literal broom. This is from slavery when enslaved people were not allowed to be married bc you could not separate married Christians. Jumping the broom was the ceremony that was allowed to announce their wedding to everyone while not anger the masters. Some families practice this tradition after the wedding ceremony and it's fun because the higher you and your partner can jump the stronger your marriage will be. One side of my family does this regularly but the other doesn't so not everyone celebrates it but it's an important tradition that shouldn't be forgotten.

"do you want know how we fight evil spirits? A knife" 🤣💀 I choked on my water that was so funny

Been doing long-distance with my Dutch partner for almost 5 years and we're finally closing off the distance! Watching you guys living your best life happily together gives me a lot of hope and joy!

I'm English and I moved to New Zealand when I was 22 fully expecting to meet a kiwi guy and get married. I'd had enough of English guys and was glad to never have to date one again. I ended up meeting an English guy from the town next to mine in England and falling in love and marrying him. I think the only thing you can guarantee about love is its never what you expect.

I am British an I met my German husband July 18th 2023 on a video game called dayz , 8 months later on the 21st of march we got married in Denmark, they say when you know you know and this was our case 😊

I am an American and have lived in Germany and Vietnam. This Fall I am invited to a wedding in Vietnam. The bride is a dear friend and I know her entire family. I have never been to a wedding in Vietnam. Of course I am so excited, but realize this is to me an unfamiliar part of the culture. Your podcast came at a perfect time. Still I have many questions, but you guys answered many of them. I love your YouTube videos! Thank you, hạnh phúc und Freude 🎉

My wife grew up in the Philippines - half Chinese and half Pinay and when we became engaged her parents asked about my birth information to go to a fortune teller? to see if we were compatible. We were married twice - first in the US with a simple civil ceremony and then 10 months later a massive Church wedding in the Philippines 27 years ago!

I'm from Austria and in my region the bride stealing event at the wedding party is very common. The bride and groom would book a second wedding venue (usually a bar or restaurant) and late in the evening, the person who managed to steal the bride's wedding bouquet without being caught, would "steal the bride" and bring her to the second wedding venue while the groom has to "rescue her" by going after her (nowadays the bride and groom appoint the person who is to "steal the bride" before the wedding and leave the wedding bouquet unattended for them, when it's time for the event). When the bride is moved to the second venue by the "abductor" the younger adult guests and their close friends and family usually follow. In this way the wedding party is devided into two groups with the elderly guests, and families with young children staying at the main venue where it is quieter and the younger people getting really drunk and singing traditional drinking songs forcing the other guests and the bride and the groom to down one shot after another. A wedding usually starts around 10 (sometimes earlier, sometimes later) in the morning and ends at midnight when the father of the bride "passes" her to the groom one last time and they go home together as a married couple.

In India, if there's something like getting married would kill the spouse because of the date of birth thing, we get them married to a tree first so that technically the tree is the spouse and then they get married to their partner So if the spouse has to die, it's the tree and the partner lives!