tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post111417870553726565..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: "You're too ugly to have had such cute kids"Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-57730500948998554392007-10-01T01:56:00.000+08:002007-10-01T01:56:00.000+08:00Michael... your wife can disagre with me...but I s...Michael... your wife can disagre with me...but I see this as quite normal. I grew up in California and these type of statements said to my parents (both Taiwanese) in jest whenever I visit them. Or I get the "oh, you grew up in the states that's why you're sturdier" (I'm a size 4 and not the anorexic 0's found in Taiwan) I find it rude but my parents say it is part of the culture. :-|Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1142541313643116102006-03-17T04:35:00.000+08:002006-03-17T04:35:00.000+08:00I have been married to a wonderful lady from Taiwa...I have been married to a wonderful lady from Taiwan since 1976 and have two grown children who according to their PRC relatives look like ABC's. We have visited and stayed in the north and south of Taiwan many, many many times over the years and occasionally an obnoxious comment arises, but mostly surprise, not criticism per se. <BR/>However, having said that, I would note that in the past 5 to 10 years there has been a significant change in nasty, rude comments to my wife and children when they are present. Unfortunately this is mostly in Taipei.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1141024239050674642006-02-27T15:10:00.000+08:002006-02-27T15:10:00.000+08:00ha ha ha! What a nasty bitch!ha ha ha! What a nasty bitch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1114571889127437342005-04-27T11:18:00.000+08:002005-04-27T11:18:00.000+08:00mickey: If this kind of unbelievable rudeness is c...mickey: <I>If this kind of unbelievable rudeness is common there.....and it sounds like it might be.....Americans look downright polite in comparison!</I><BR/><BR/>Americans are rude? Only in the movies. Americans are some of the most polite people on earth - certainly with respect to Asians, but also with respect to Europeans. Hospitality staff agree - in one survey conducted in East Asia, Americans ranked at the top of the list.Zhang Feihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10531104576171009153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1114434088258620932005-04-25T21:01:00.000+08:002005-04-25T21:01:00.000+08:00LOL. It's true! She is beautiful. It was just so f...LOL. It's true! She is beautiful. It was just so funny, the way the woman kept insisting on it. They had quite a sharp discussion in Taiwanese about it. Passing comments are the norm, but a whole dialogue....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, good to see your name here, HJ. <BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1114385340473485762005-04-25T07:29:00.000+08:002005-04-25T07:29:00.000+08:00I usually circumvent such rudeness by announcing m...I usually circumvent such rudeness by announcing my ugliness in advance.<BR/><BR/>My wife had a similar, if less egregious experience here in Korea. In response, I wrote this blog post on the experience:<BR/><BR/>http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/2005/03/my-beautiful-wife.html<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Michael, you know that your wife is beautiful, and you've posted photos to prove it, so who cares what some elderly woman with cataracts says about her looks?Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1114193348490843872005-04-23T02:09:00.000+08:002005-04-23T02:09:00.000+08:00The sorry excuse for a human being must've read yo...The sorry excuse for a human being must've read your last post where you said "I LOOOOVVVEEEE Taipei!" and thought you meant it.<BR/><BR/>Going with the assumption that it wasn't some sort of "Candid Camera/Punk'd" TV show/excuse for public humiliation, perhaps an appropriate reply would have been: "一點也沒有你的個性那麼醜吧∼∼∼" ("Nowhere near as ugly as your personality!") before telling her to "Go find someone whose looks suit your 'sensitive' nature, and wave your finger at them instead."<BR/><BR/>我受不了那種人!<BR/><BR/>Hey, while you're in Taipei, be sure not to miss seeing the poor, tortured creatures pacing back and forth in the nocturnal animal exhibit at the Muzha Zoo.Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.com