Sunday Sunday...

Today I am going to a wedding. It is for a friend of mine who is first generation (her parents lived here for a time but have since moved back) so her family's events are always interesting as many of the people attending are visitors to the US.

I find it interesting on the level that there are many cultural aspects in the general sense (including that nothing ever starts "on time") that can sometimes be awkward but also kind of make you feel like a kid again. Also, her religious faith is different than mine and so there are a whole slew of customs that go with it (including the separation of men and women at the ceremony) that I have never had the opportunity to be a part of first hand. And, I am of very diverse combinations of ethnicities myself but "fit in" by appearances (read - I am not blond) so many of the women in attendance assume that I speak their language and will start conversing with me until they notice the deer in headlights look as I try to indicate that I don't understand. I attended the bridal shower last weekend and that was a blast!

As I mentioned, everything interests me and particularly events like this that I find many of my peers and family are very dismissive of. I have never understood how we can stand and say they are wrong for forcing men and women to be separated at an event, etc. It's just a different way of doing things. None of these women are shrinking flowers, by any stretch of the imagination.

At any rate - deep thought of the day - stop ethnocentrism.