spartacus

Is it safe?

Officer Dibble

Sometimes, I wish someone would!!

DunRoaminTheUK

I took a quick peek and got hit by a virus. I think it might be telling me that it is about to format my hard drive but I can't really tell as the pop-ups are all written in Urdu...

Tr1boy

Well it's a bit hard to say in terms of working day to day normal life, because apart from 3mths in 2006, and about 3 holidays to the UK on top of that, we've never lived in the UK as a couple.

But we are planning a permanent move there at the end of this year. Whenever we've been to the UK we have never been on the receiving end of any adverse reactions. My parents come from Somerset which is not exactly the pinacle of enlightened sophistication, but everyone at my Dad's bowls club were very interested in our story and took an instant likening to my wife. But she is very friendly and has lots of respect for older people.

Amongst my old motorbike racing buddies, whenever we went to to the pub, evryone was friendly. Closer to London and around Bucks where my sister lives, we hardly got a second glance. Mrs Triboy does think England is very Anglo (not London though) and we are quite 'citified', but even she has commented on the changes she's seen there in diversity (good and bad) since her first trip in 05.

She was received very well in all interviews, and nobody made any mention of the fact that English wasn't her first language. She is in the top 3% for academic achievement in her chosen degree, and they seem to like that (here and there).

Here in Sydney obviously nobody bats much of an eyelid and they love me in Eastwood because I can speak Korean. I've only once ever heard someone call her 'a f***ing gook' and that was shouted by some brave warrior in a car whilst we were walking along in Lane Cove, where we live (north of Sydney City).

Nearly all of our social life revolves around triathlon and cycle racing, but mostly the former, nobody has ever said anything there either. To be honest it's been pretty neutral all around. We get most 'looks' when we're in Korea and the questions seem to be of a curious nature than anything vindictive. I'm sure things would be different in different parts of Oz, and I'm sure they might be different in some parts of the UK, but generally, all good

The type of jobs we do, and the company we keep probably dictate that we'll always be close to large, sophisticated cities (but not right in them) and mix with people of different backgrounds, so we probably don't notice even if there is a reaction.

Others might see it differently, but I reckon some people go looking for it, if you know what I mean. I'm used to being surrounded by difference through the countries I've lived in.

I guess the most common reaction in the UK is that they assume my wife is Japanese. I guess we are very different from the norm, but like a frog in ever hotter water, I've not noticed the difference. (until it's too late )

pompeyblonde

No problem if you had a particular issue relevant to only English people?! you're not being insulting, it's like me asking woman what they think of Aussie men, or teachers asking other teachers for advice??! I may be missing something though, this site seems extremely aggressive lately....Im a bit scared...

spartacus

We're coming into the rutting season . . . don't be alarmed, it'll soon pass.

Mipik

Judging by ever increasing number of white-asian couples it's just starting

DunRoaminTheUK

Is this a Jihadist 'Call to Arms' as I don't understand what it means?

pompeyblonde

You do make me laugh!

Mipik

That was an observation on the rutting season....

My wife of many years is SE Asian so things like that catch my eye. I honestly think that the the numbers of mixed couples in here are increasing fast.

That is a sure sign of growing tolerance and acceptance.

DunRoaminTheUK

I'm guessing that my love of 'Chicken Jalfrezi' doesn't really fall into this category?

pompeyblonde

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Are you advocating something along the lines of "make love not war"!?

Mipik

Aware of the danger of steering this thread into serious direction for a short moment I've talked with the wife about her perceptions of living here and in a bit over 2 years she has not noticed any "racist" attitude towards her.

Mipik

Back to norm.


Not so much advocating as observing.

Red_V_Roger

Not if its cooked by our local excuse for a Indian takeaway.