glosite » judgment http://glosite.com/blog wedding planning inspiration from Glosite Sun, 04 Feb 2018 10:05:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 the McWedding – an awesome display of cultural differences http://glosite.com/blog/2011/03/inspiration/the-mcwedding-an-awesome-display-of-cultural-differences/ http://glosite.com/blog/2011/03/inspiration/the-mcwedding-an-awesome-display-of-cultural-differences/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:00:04 +0000 http://glosite.com/blog/?p=416 Let me preface this post by saying that I’m TOTALLY fascinated by cultural differences. Last Fall, I moved back to the US after living in the UK for 8 years. During that time, I traveled and worked in a ton of different countries and also went to a grad school where 30% of the students were American, 12% were British and the rest were from all over the world. Moving back to the US was actually reverse culture shock for me, and there are still some things (like free refills on drinks at restaurants – with ice – score!) that I’m getting used to. Seeing cultural differences on a geographic level gave me much more appreciation for cultural differences on a personal level. What I mean by this is that you and I may have grown up next door to one another, but your family situation, the way in which you were raised, the things you did on the weekends, the particular vocabulary and inside jokes that were a natural part of your household may seem totally foreign to me – and mine to you. In the end, it’s all a matter of cultural context. I love the “Different Points […]

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