Comments on: “Are you down with the brown?”* http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/ Bushra's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bushra http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-9004 Bushra Thu, 13 May 2010 14:06:57 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-9004 Thanks for the comment, I totally feel you. Also, you should not be expected to warm up your brother's food. My brother is well trained - he can make his own chai and can definitely take out his own food! It's crazy, even though we all live here in the States, there's so much cultural baggage that we have to contend with. Thanks for the comment, I totally feel you. Also, you should not be expected to warm up your brother’s food. My brother is well trained – he can make his own chai and can definitely take out his own food! It’s crazy, even though we all live here in the States, there’s so much cultural baggage that we have to contend with.

]]> By: Huma http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8923 Huma Sat, 08 May 2010 21:48:54 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8923 Dude. We could BE the same person. Seriously. As for me, I've always made it VERY clear to my parents that I will NEVER marry a Pakistani boy that was born and raised in Pakistan. If he was born there and moved here at a VERY young age that's different, but born and raised there? HELL TO THE NAW. We'd be from two completely different cultures. And there's no way that both of us would make it out of that marriage alive. :-P I identify as both American and Desi/Muslim, but I'm often accused of acting too American, from the way I talk to what I read to the fact that I won't automatically agree with whatever my father says, and that I find it absurd that I am expected to warm up food for my 17 year old brother because 'that's just how it is.' So frankly, I think I'd have a much easier time of it if I just married an American convert. :-P I'm only half-joking but it still terrifies my mother. Dude. We could BE the same person. Seriously.

As for me, I’ve always made it VERY clear to my parents that I will NEVER marry a Pakistani boy that was born and raised in Pakistan. If he was born there and moved here at a VERY young age that’s different, but born and raised there? HELL TO THE NAW. We’d be from two completely different cultures. And there’s no way that both of us would make it out of that marriage alive. :-P

I identify as both American and Desi/Muslim, but I’m often accused of acting too American, from the way I talk to what I read to the fact that I won’t automatically agree with whatever my father says, and that I find it absurd that I am expected to warm up food for my 17 year old brother because ‘that’s just how it is.’ So frankly, I think I’d have a much easier time of it if I just married an American convert. :-P I’m only half-joking but it still terrifies my mother.

]]> By: monobot http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8883 monobot Wed, 05 May 2010 16:06:47 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8883 Haha...yes...it would've been scathing and exasperated sounding :). Haha…yes…it would’ve been scathing and exasperated sounding :).

]]> By: Bushra http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8872 Bushra Wed, 05 May 2010 00:53:05 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8872 I have a feeling your comment would've been much different if I didn't realize this was the movie you were talking about. I have a feeling your comment would’ve been much different if I didn’t realize this was the movie you were talking about.

]]> By: monobot http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8870 monobot Tue, 04 May 2010 23:35:35 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8870 Haha...finally. Haha…finally.

]]> By: Bushra http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8867 Bushra Tue, 04 May 2010 17:15:52 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8867 Yup, it's the same lady. Thanks for sharing your experience Rahul! Yup, it’s the same lady. Thanks for sharing your experience Rahul!

]]> By: rgt http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/2010/05/02/are-you-down-with-the-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-8866 rgt Tue, 04 May 2010 16:02:11 +0000 http://caffeinatedmuslim.com/?p=453#comment-8866 Sara Shahi on that short-lived show Life, right? Your answer to your question pretty much summarizes how/why I ended up meeting my fiancee and why things work well for us. There is a common thread of experiences that bridges a lot for us. Cool movie. Sara Shahi on that short-lived show Life, right?

Your answer to your question pretty much summarizes how/why I ended up meeting my fiancee and why things work well for us. There is a common thread of experiences that bridges a lot for us.

Cool movie.

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