nerd love

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I learned this 9 months ago today and have never been more content with finding my perfect handsome nerdy match!! Love you! ;)

A few things I’ve learned from being in a relationship with a half-Korean:

• Nothing is ever too spicy.
• Meals should consist of a huge variety of flavors and textures.
• Only FWP (fuckin’ white people) write thank you cards.
• Galbi, melon bars, bulgogi, and cucumber kimchi are insanely delicious!
• The house will never be clean enough when his mother comes to visit, so you may as well tell her you didn’t clean so she’ll think you’re exceptionally tidy.

A few things he has learned from being in a relationship with a half-Serbian:

• Lots of black eyeliner is completely normal for daytime.
• Gypsy curses are serious business! Pew pew pew!
• Chevapchichis (seasoned meatballs on the grill), and roasted garlicky banana peppers are delicious!
• There is a reason I am so diligent about plucking my eyebrows.
• The Serbian female singers I grew up listening to sound oddly similar to Gloria Estefan, which may explain my burning desire to learn salsa dancing.

Some things we definitely agree on:

• You can’t leave your parents’ homes without taking a ton of food with you.
• No matter how thin you are, his family will always say you’re fat and mine will always say you’re skinny – and both will make you eat a lot.
• What’s up with all the hot peppers?
• Garlic kisses are completely acceptable.
• Our families act insane at funerals.
• Vegetable gardens are serious business.
• Our American parents have cursed us with the ginger gene.
• With our combined nerd knowledge, we could survive a zombie attack with little effort.
• Our parents are still married, setting a good example of devotion (and patience).
• Corporal punishment was normal growing up.
• Our foreign parents have a strong distaste for all things socialist but both think Europe is better than America.
• Outdoor shoes (namely clogs) are always left at the back door.
• There is always some strange old-fashioned poultice of herbs, oils, hot pepper, fat and garlic to put on any ache, pain, cut or burn.
• Our foreign parents are full of childhood stories of struggle, heartbreak, and appreciation for the little things, oh and cowboy hats.
• You always send denim jeans to family in the motherland.
• Everything causes cancer.
• Falling asleep and waking up in one another’s arms is the best feeling in the world.

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