[twigs]

Something else may be happening too. We have friends from China who have been here for about a year. While we really like these two, we have noticed that the Chinese are quite self-centered. I think both of our friends would say this too; they really notice the difference in their culture and American society. They also tell me that at least half of all Chinese couples who immigrate here divorce. We're not sure whether our friend's marriage will make it. It would have in China, but now the wife compares how her husband treats her (typical for China) compared to how my husband treats me (I'm married to a wonderful man who shows his love freely). So they might get divorced here, a marriage that would have stayed together in China. I have to wonder if that happens to immigrants from other regions as well.

[MalcolmS]

We're not sure whether our friend's marriage will make it. It would have in China, but now the wife compares how her husband treats her (typical for China) compared to how my husband treats me (I'm married to a wonderful man who shows his love freely). So they might get divorced here, a marriage that would have stayed together in China. I have to wonder if that happens to immigrants from other regions as well.

That's very interesting.

Kinda creates a paradox though. If I'm a great husband, I might cause other men's wives to divorce them because they don't stack up. Too bad it doesn't work the other way--that your friend's husband would follow your guy's example.