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"Red Heart Moon" a WEST MEETS EAST China Weblog -- by Kevin Hart Cross-cultural musings about life straddling the Pacific. Friday, July 29, 2005 Lowering Standards Twenty years ago, my parents hoped with all their hearts that I would soon marry someone of similar background with me, a nice Finnish-Canadian girl from Northern Ontario. Years passed, I had been spending many years abroad, and my parents readjusted their aspirations for my marital life by hoping I would someday choose a Canadian as my bride. By that time, I had been in Asia already for many years learning Japanese and Chinese. My parents once again reevaluated their hopes for my love life, and told me it would be great if my future wife spoke English. After more years of disappointment, they finally broadened the field as wide as it could go, and told me, "We just hope you get married to a woman!"
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