It's funny being in a relationship with someone from a non-Western culture because they don't KNOW the game. You know the one...the dating/relationship game, the funny little tricks we play on each other, the way we say something just hoping that the other person takes the hint to say the right thing back.

My SO may have grown up in the U.S. but he grew up in an immigrant community and he left when he was 15. So he doesn't know the rules to the game.

Sometimes I catch myself playing the game. Like 2 nights ago, when we had a little moment of disagreement, I found myself doing that stupid thing where you say, "Well...You obviously don't want to talk to me. So I'll just talk to you tomorrow" As I was saying it, I was like, SERIOUSLY Laura, you're going to play it like that?
He looked kind of confused, "Uh okay"
And then I was "mad" that he didn't play into my game and say "Oh no sweetheart of course I want to talk to you". I was mad so I hung up.
THEN, I expected him to call back and apologize and what not. Nope. No call back.

I called my Mom and told her and she was like, "Guess what? He doesn't know that's what he was supposed to do. Being with him will really show you when you are doing stupid crap like that".

It's honestly really refreshing that he doesn't know the game. For one, like my Mom said, it shows me when I'm doing stupid crap like that. But also it means that I don't have to beat around the bush with him. I don't have to worry about how I'm going to say things so that he takes them the right way. It means that I can just be fully honest and say EXACTLY what I mean. No bullshit.