Vent about marrying someone from a very underdeveloped country

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Pictures of the kitchen. I can take one of his house.

https://ibb.co/G2JDrbH
https://ibb.co/HNSKPsG
https://ibb.co/K2dtbM2

Wtf. Why did you say you cannot cook because it's a hole in the ground. They have a decent kitchen for a village house. And there is a vessel you can use for sauteing on that gas stove. You are a lazy troll OP.

I sympathize with op. I'd be very stressed if asked to cook in that kitchen.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Pictures of the kitchen. I can take one of his house.

https://ibb.co/G2JDrbH
https://ibb.co/HNSKPsG
https://ibb.co/K2dtbM2

Wtf. Why did you say you cannot cook because it's a hole in the ground. They have a decent kitchen for a village house. And there is a vessel you can use for sauteing on that gas stove. You are a lazy troll OP.

I sympathize with op. I'd be very stressed if asked to cook in that kitchen.

This is so confusing. People keep saying it's not a village but then you have posts like this saying it's a village kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be breaking down op. Some posters are calling you spoiled but I think you are very strong. I still remember a time we lost hot water for a few days and feel stressed. It was horrible! And that is with the luxury of clean dry towels. To me a warm shower is as important to my functioning as good food and water. I would be feeling bad all over and you deserve a medal for lasting so long and keeping your complaints to strangers online. Of course they can handle this life because this is how they're raised. If we were raised differently we'd be able to handle those things. I'm sure some people cannot fathom how we Americans do many things others find uncomfortable. I think I'd have lost half my hair and fallen ill. The worst part of this is being across the world in another culture but only experiencing it from confined quarters and one family versus touring around and seeing all the culture. At least that way you'd have a reason to justify the hard living. No fun, no hot water, no change of food, no walks, no change of setting

What a princess.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India

Do they have pizza restaurants in India?

Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.

Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.

Which world do you think I'm living in?

The world of the clueless.

Nobody has ever approached me with a list of American style restaurants in India or Bangladesh and I've never heard of pizza as a common food there. I know you're trying to insult me but you're just kind of a jerk.

You are just embarrassing yourself. Domino’s pizza has been around in India since 1996, to name one. There are plenty of local places that serve pizza. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean anything other than you’re ignorant.

Op here. I wanted to go to Dominos yesterday when we went to Dhaka and dh wouldn't let me because they support Israel. So instead of crossing the street and getting it when had to cross dangerous interactions with cars driving right into me. I don't support the war either but it's not the end of the world to buy a pizza from Dominos. There aren't any American chains where we are now.

Plenty of local places serve pizza. I’m quite sure none of those places support Israel. Keep this thread going, please. It’s hilarious to people from the subcontinent.

Lol. It's quite obvious from the first post that Op is trolling but the content is hilarious. And we are suckers for responding to her posts. I bet her goal was to go on the front page and tomorrow it will be on the front page of DCUM.

Calling the cutting thing a sword was funny. My ancestors would roll over in their graves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Imo your DH should be taking an active role in planning an enjoyable trip for his family. You don’t know the area or what to do. Does he? Can you make plans together? Can you take trips to other places with your immediate family? I don’t understand why he doesn’t seem invested in everyone having a good trip.

Because that's an American viewpoint. He's there to see his family. It's also why OP is getting frustrated because she few up that way. He did not. Cultural difference. She needs to bend more towards the Bengali side and to do that for a month takes a sort of saint.

I kind of get it but it’s a month, does he really want to stay shut inside for a month? It’s weird to me that he’s making zero effort to make the trip an enjoyable one for his immediate family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be breaking down op. Some posters are calling you spoiled but I think you are very strong. I still remember a time we lost hot water for a few days and feel stressed. It was horrible! And that is with the luxury of clean dry towels. To me a warm shower is as important to my functioning as good food and water. I would be feeling bad all over and you deserve a medal for lasting so long and keeping your complaints to strangers online. Of course they can handle this life because this is how they're raised. If we were raised differently we'd be able to handle those things. I'm sure some people cannot fathom how we Americans do many things others find uncomfortable. I think I'd have lost half my hair and fallen ill. The worst part of this is being across the world in another culture but only experiencing it from confined quarters and one family versus touring around and seeing all the culture. At least that way you'd have a reason to justify the hard living. No fun, no hot water, no change of food, no walks, no change of setting

Op here. Thank you. I just finished a shower using a portable camping shower bag and sprayer. It felt pretty good but I had to squat to keep the sprayer in the right place. You can't control the sprayer much so you have to be ready to take the shower as soon as the water fills up. I filled up two portable bags I bought from Amazon before the trip. It took about 5-7 mins to get the water filled and placed over the shower faucet. I had to lift around 5 gallons pretty high up there. I am going to get tea packets from the store today so I can keep myself warmer. DHs family doesn't drink tea or coffee. I found that surprising because South Asians are known for their love of tea!

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India

Do they have pizza restaurants in India?

Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.

Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.

Which world do you think I'm living in?

The world of the clueless.

Nobody has ever approached me with a list of American style restaurants in India or Bangladesh and I've never heard of pizza as a common food there. I know you're trying to insult me but you're just kind of a jerk.

You are just embarrassing yourself. Domino’s pizza has been around in India since 1996, to name one. There are plenty of local places that serve pizza. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean anything other than you’re ignorant.

Op here. I wanted to go to Dominos yesterday when we went to Dhaka and dh wouldn't let me because they support Israel. So instead of crossing the street and getting it when had to cross dangerous interactions with cars driving right into me. I don't support the war either but it's not the end of the world to buy a pizza from Dominos. There aren't any American chains where we are now.

Plenty of local places serve pizza. I’m quite sure none of those places support Israel. Keep this thread going, please. It’s hilarious to people from the subcontinent.

Lol. It's quite obvious from the first post that Op is trolling but the content is hilarious. And we are suckers for responding to her posts. I bet her goal was to go on the front page and tomorrow it will be on the front page of DCUM.

Calling the cutting thing a sword was funny. My ancestors would roll over in their graves.

Op here. For me, it looks like a sword and Google was able to produce a photo when I googled sword for cutting vegetables in Bangladesh so there is that. Just because you don't like content doesn't make me a troll. I think sometimes when anything is remotely negative about a certain culture people are so quick to say troll. I'm sure no one outside of South Asia knows about that cutting thing. You aren't even able to give us the proper name.

[Anonymous]

Wow what a journey. On the other thread OP said she was uninsured and didn’t get the recommended vaccines and ended up in the hospital for a week in the US with typhoid fever.

I have never been to Bangladesh but this thread has really been a learning journey for me.

[Anonymous]

Op, thanks for teaching me all about Bangladesh. I never want to visit now.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India

Do they have pizza restaurants in India?

Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.

Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.

Which world do you think I'm living in?

The world of the clueless.

Nobody has ever approached me with a list of American style restaurants in India or Bangladesh and I've never heard of pizza as a common food there. I know you're trying to insult me but you're just kind of a jerk.

You are just embarrassing yourself. Domino’s pizza has been around in India since 1996, to name one. There are plenty of local places that serve pizza. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean anything other than you’re ignorant.

Op here. I wanted to go to Dominos yesterday when we went to Dhaka and dh wouldn't let me because they support Israel. So instead of crossing the street and getting it when had to cross dangerous interactions with cars driving right into me. I don't support the war either but it's not the end of the world to buy a pizza from Dominos. There aren't any American chains where we are now.

Plenty of local places serve pizza. I’m quite sure none of those places support Israel. Keep this thread going, please. It’s hilarious to people from the subcontinent.

Lol. It's quite obvious from the first post that Op is trolling but the content is hilarious. And we are suckers for responding to her posts. I bet her goal was to go on the front page and tomorrow it will be on the front page of DCUM.

Calling the cutting thing a sword was funny. My ancestors would roll over in their graves.

Op here. For me, it looks like a sword and Google was able to produce a photo when I googled sword for cutting vegetables in Bangladesh so there is that. Just because you don't like content doesn't make me a troll. I think sometimes when anything is remotely negative about a certain culture people are so quick to say troll. I'm sure no one outside of South Asia knows about that cutting thing. You aren't even able to give us the proper name.

It’s called a boti.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India

Do they have pizza restaurants in India?

Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.

Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.

Which world do you think I'm living in?

The world of the clueless.

Nobody has ever approached me with a list of American style restaurants in India or Bangladesh and I've never heard of pizza as a common food there. I know you're trying to insult me but you're just kind of a jerk.

You are just embarrassing yourself. Domino’s pizza has been around in India since 1996, to name one. There are plenty of local places that serve pizza. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean anything other than you’re ignorant.

Op here. I wanted to go to Dominos yesterday when we went to Dhaka and dh wouldn't let me because they support Israel. So instead of crossing the street and getting it when had to cross dangerous interactions with cars driving right into me. I don't support the war either but it's not the end of the world to buy a pizza from Dominos. There aren't any American chains where we are now.

Plenty of local places serve pizza. I’m quite sure none of those places support Israel. Keep this thread going, please. It’s hilarious to people from the subcontinent.

Lol. It's quite obvious from the first post that Op is trolling but the content is hilarious. And we are suckers for responding to her posts. I bet her goal was to go on the front page and tomorrow it will be on the front page of DCUM.

Calling the cutting thing a sword was funny. My ancestors would roll over in their graves.

Op here. For me, it looks like a sword and Google was able to produce a photo when I googled sword for cutting vegetables in Bangladesh so there is that. Just because you don't like content doesn't make me a troll. I think sometimes when anything is remotely negative about a certain culture people are so quick to say troll. I'm sure no one outside of South Asia knows about that cutting thing. You aren't even able to give us the proper name.

Boti?

[Anonymous]

OP is in a city of 2 million people. Hardly a village.

Ok, not many hotels but here's one for $27/night with... a hot shower:
https://www.booking.com/hotel/bd/raffles-inn.html#tab-main

You don't even have to sleep there. Just take it for a few nights and go to shower if you like.

Worried about walking on the streets? Take an Uber: https://www.uber.com/en-BD/newsroom/uber-expands-services-to-20-cities-across-all-8-divisions-in-bangladesh/

Though the streets look pretty normal to me for that region:
https://www.google.com/maps/@23.6073123,89.841811,3a,75y,81.59h,84.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB4HMB2-_ueY_z1nFnSck9g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

English is taught in all schools there -- it's compulsory. Sure few are fluent, but English is hardly a "foreign" language there. You can peruse one of the 10 English language newspapers next time you're at a newsstand.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely sounds like India

Do they have pizza restaurants in India?

Which world are you living in? In my village, besides pizza places, there are fancy ice cream parlors too, a 20 minute drive away. Many homes have at least 1 Western toilet.

Granted they are not that clean in restaurants and such but then again I hate using the mall bathrooms here too.

Which world do you think I'm living in?

The world of the clueless.

Nobody has ever approached me with a list of American style restaurants in India or Bangladesh and I've never heard of pizza as a common food there. I know you're trying to insult me but you're just kind of a jerk.

You are just embarrassing yourself. Domino’s pizza has been around in India since 1996, to name one. There are plenty of local places that serve pizza. Just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean anything other than you’re ignorant.

Op here. I wanted to go to Dominos yesterday when we went to Dhaka and dh wouldn't let me because they support Israel. So instead of crossing the street and getting it when had to cross dangerous interactions with cars driving right into me. I don't support the war either but it's not the end of the world to buy a pizza from Dominos. There aren't any American chains where we are now.

Plenty of local places serve pizza. I’m quite sure none of those places support Israel. Keep this thread going, please. It’s hilarious to people from the subcontinent.

Lol. It's quite obvious from the first post that Op is trolling but the content is hilarious. And we are suckers for responding to her posts. I bet her goal was to go on the front page and tomorrow it will be on the front page of DCUM.

Calling the cutting thing a sword was funny. My ancestors would roll over in their graves.

Op here. For me, it looks like a sword and Google was able to produce a photo when I googled sword for cutting vegetables in Bangladesh so there is that. Just because you don't like content doesn't make me a troll. I think sometimes when anything is remotely negative about a certain culture people are so quick to say troll. I'm sure no one outside of South Asia knows about that cutting thing. You aren't even able to give us the proper name.

I know what it is called OP, but since the name varies in different parts of India, I didn't - I don't want to be identified on DCUM by people I know IRL

[Anonymous]

Of course they don't drink tea! It would be too much of a comfort, sorry op. You are made of much stronger stuff than me! The silver linings are that your kids are getting toughened up and when you return, all the modern comforts will be amazing and you'll cherish every moment.

[Anonymous]

Op also said "tea packets"

That is not how I have heard Americans say it. Americans say teabags.

OP is Bangladeshi herself or probably Indian since she talks about both countries.