Drew takes a Korean culture class every week at school and learns things like what games Korean children play, how to sing Korean Jingle Bells, etc. Mommy's Korean culture class takes place in a hair salon.
I get my hair done by a Korean lady here named Sophie who speaks really good English. While I get my hair done, we compare notes on how things are done in our respective countries. It's always very interesting so I thought I would share. Today we talked about weddings.
In Korea, the bride will wear both a wedding dress and the traditional hanbok. You invite friends and family, at Sophie's wedding there were around 200 people from her husband's side alone. A new trend for Korea is the idea of a flower girl sprinkling flowers along the aisle. That is very popular at the moment. Money is usually given to the couple instead of gifts. So, I told her all about the gift registry. A traditional Korean honeymoon is only three nights. A lot of couples travel abroad. Sophie and her husband spent 11 days travelling by car all around Korea.
Women keep their family name but the children take the father's name. So I told her all about American women combining their maiden and married names. If I remember correctly from a previous conversation, Sophie's parents are divorced and her mother remarried. When that happens, the woman does not traditionally take her children from a previous marriage with her, so Sophie is raising her younger brother who is about high school age.
Then we talked a little bit about the 4/9 market in Korea and I told her all about American garage sales, swap meets and farmer's markets.
Ainsley had dropped me off at the salon, something she said a Korean husband would never do. She said they would tell you "You are on your own. Go yourself, you don't have the baby with you." I thought that was funny especially since I had to walk home!
I get my hair done by a Korean lady here named Sophie who speaks really good English. While I get my hair done, we compare notes on how things are done in our respective countries. It's always very interesting so I thought I would share. Today we talked about weddings.
In Korea, the bride will wear both a wedding dress and the traditional hanbok. You invite friends and family, at Sophie's wedding there were around 200 people from her husband's side alone. A new trend for Korea is the idea of a flower girl sprinkling flowers along the aisle. That is very popular at the moment. Money is usually given to the couple instead of gifts. So, I told her all about the gift registry. A traditional Korean honeymoon is only three nights. A lot of couples travel abroad. Sophie and her husband spent 11 days travelling by car all around Korea.
Women keep their family name but the children take the father's name. So I told her all about American women combining their maiden and married names. If I remember correctly from a previous conversation, Sophie's parents are divorced and her mother remarried. When that happens, the woman does not traditionally take her children from a previous marriage with her, so Sophie is raising her younger brother who is about high school age.
Then we talked a little bit about the 4/9 market in Korea and I told her all about American garage sales, swap meets and farmer's markets.
Ainsley had dropped me off at the salon, something she said a Korean husband would never do. She said they would tell you "You are on your own. Go yourself, you don't have the baby with you." I thought that was funny especially since I had to walk home!
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