Top 5 Things You Should For Dating Chinese Girls
Today we want to share with you some key points of manner when dating your Chinese woman. In fact, it’s very easy for foreigners to give offence to your Chinese girlfriend, her friends or even her family some time. Misunderstanding will arise if you don’t do your “home work” and I am sure you don’t really want to do that. So let’s get started to give you some advice.
1. Think about this before you are going to visit her family
If you are not having a serious relationship with your Chinese girl yet, we suggest do not visit her parents, especially during big festivals like Spring Festival. But in any cases, you are already in a gathering with your Chinese girlfriend’s parents, always ask questions for her parents’ wellbeing, health and show you care about her family members.
2. Never dominate the conversation.
I know, in many cases you are the only foreigner in the room. People will focus on you all the time. If you are not fluent in Mandarin Chinese yet, try to be relatively humble and listen more. Even though you can communicate in Chinese fluently, you still pay attention to what you say. The big NO NO is to bring up any political or other taboo topic.
3. “Face” is a big thing in China. Be Polite!
During the Chinese gathering, of course do not shout or swear. If you do that, it is very possible to cause you the relationship with your girlfriend. In big family gathering, always keep patience in public. You can express your thoughts and opinion with your Chinese girl later.
4. Don’t drink too much
Yes. It’s not easy. Baijiu(白酒) is a very strong alcohol and you can see it in Chinese dinner table all the time. No matter you are a big drinker or not, try not to drink too much. Trust me. It’s not fun to throw up all night after lots of Baijiu.
5. What should I bring if I am meeting her family?
Well, it depends! China is a big country so the best advice I can give you is to ask your girlfriend in advance. But you should be always prepared to bring gifts to visit your girlfriend’s family. Don’t buy cheap gifts especially for special occasion like Spring Festival, her parent’s birthday or Winter Solstice etc.
So that’s what we wanted to share with you today, hope it’s helpful for your relationship for more great tips about dating and marrying your Asian woman, you can share your comments below.
