Culture
The differences that matter, and the ones that don't
Food, holidays and humour are adaptation problems. Money, family obligation, faith, conflict and geography are decision problems — here's how to tell them apart.
Ana Lucía Reyes8 min read
Topic
family
Everything we have published on family — collected in one place, newest first.
Culture
21 questions to ask before it gets serious
Twenty-one questions on money, family, faith, children and geography — with a note on what each one is really testing and what avoidance sounds like.
Ana Lucía Reyes6 min read
Culture
Religion, family, and the expectations set before you arrived
Interfaith and faith/no-faith couples, conversion pressure, which tradition the children get, and what you owe each other if a family never comes round.
Two Timezones Editorial8 min read
Commitment
Meeting Your Partner's Family Abroad
Gifts, forms of address, whether to help in the kitchen, and what to do when it goes badly — plus the trip nobody writes about, when their family comes to you.
Ana Lucía Reyes9 min read