This incident occurred last Christmas, but my wife and I still argue over it occassionally.

We live in a culturally diverse community–she is white, and I am black. Last Christmas, we went to visit her family in Tennessee for the first time.

When her family with talk with each other, they would use their normal dialect. However, whenever they addressed me, they would use ebonics and ghetto phrases replicated off MTV or BET (ie: Yo, dog, he was trippin’ fuh real, you feelin’ me?) Or they would make statements such as, Could you teach my son to rap? He’s a big fan of Eminem!

When it came time to exchange gifts, I received items such as baggy hip hop style clothings, silver imitation jewelry with a huge glittering dollar sign or words such as Big Pimpin’ , and cd’s from Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre. They made laughing remarks to the nature of, Yeah, it was kind of hard shopping for you cause we aren’t sure what black people like. We had to order the clothes from online because we couldn’t find any stores where black people shop for their clothes!

Keep in mind, these gifts were for a 28 year old insurance agent with a master’s degree.

I was so irritated, I quietly asked my wife to excuse me, and I went outside for a brief walk around the block to calm myself. Shortly afterwards, I noticed a taxi, and elected to just return to our hotel room and sleep. My wife was extremely angry when she retured, and claimed that her family was insulted by my actions and that they said I was no longer welcome in their home. I told her I didn’t like the fact that they were all acting as though I were another species of human, but she kept saying that they were at least trying to get along with me.

I personally believed they were being ignorant and stereotypical, but she continues to say I was being a baby and needed to just laugh it off and have fun with them.

Which one of us is right, and why?

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This incident occurred last Christmas, but my wife and I still argue over it occassionally.

We live in a culturally diverse community–she is white, and I am black. Last Christmas, we went to visit her family in Tennessee for the first time.

When her family with talk with each other, they would use their normal dialect. However, whenever they addressed me, they would use ebonics and ghetto phrases replicated off MTV or BET (ie: Yo, dog, he was trippin’ fuh real, you feelin’ me?) Or they would make statements such as, Could you teach my son to rap? He’s a big fan of Eminem!

When it came time to exchange gifts, I received items such as baggy hip hop style clothings, silver imitation jewelry with a huge glittering dollar sign or words such as Big Pimpin’ , and cd’s from Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre. They made laughing remarks to the nature of, Yeah, it was kind of hard shopping for you cause we aren’t sure what black people like. We had to order the clothes from online because we couldn’t find any stores where black people shop for their clothes!

Keep in mind, these gifts were for a 28 year old insurance agent with a master’s degree.

I was so irritated, I quietly asked my wife to excuse me, and I went outside for a brief walk around the block to calm myself. Shortly afterwards, I noticed a taxi, and elected to just return to our hotel room and sleep. My wife was extremely angry when she retured, and claimed that her family was insulted by my actions and that they said I was no longer welcome in their home. I told her I didn’t like the fact that they were all acting as though I were another species of human, but she kept saying that they were at least trying to get along with me.

I personally believed they were being ignorant and stereotypical, but she continues to say I was being a baby and needed to just laugh it off and have fun with them.

Which one of us is right, and why?

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This incident occurred last Christmas, but my wife and I still argue over it occassionally.

We live in a culturally diverse community–she is white, and I am black. Last Christmas, we went to visit her family in Tennessee for the first time.

When her family with talk with each other, they would use their normal dialect. However, whenever they addressed me, they would use ebonics and ghetto phrases replicated off MTV or BET (ie: Yo, dog, he was trippin’ fuh real, you feelin’ me?) Or they would make statements such as, Could you teach my son to rap? He’s a big fan of Eminem!

When it came time to exchange gifts, I received items such as baggy hip hop style clothings, silver imitation jewelry with a huge glittering dollar sign or words such as Big Pimpin’ , and cd’s from Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre. They made laughing remarks to the nature of, Yeah, it was kind of hard shopping for you cause we aren’t sure what black people like. We had to order the clothes from online because we couldn’t find any stores where black people shop for their clothes!

Keep in mind, these gifts were for a 28 year old insurance agent with a master’s degree.

I was so irritated, I quietly asked my wife to excuse me, and I went outside for a brief walk around the block to calm myself. Shortly afterwards, I noticed a taxi, and elected to just return to our hotel room and sleep. My wife was extremely angry when she retured, and claimed that her family was insulted by my actions and that they said I was no longer welcome in their home. I told her I didn’t like the fact that they were all acting as though I were another species of human, but she kept saying that they were at least trying to get along with me.

I personally believed they were being ignorant and stereotypical, but she continues to say I was being a baby and needed to just laugh it off and have fun with them.

Which one of us is right, and why?

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This incident occurred last Christmas, but my wife and I still argue over it occassionally.

We live in a culturally diverse community–she is white, and I am black. Last Christmas, we went to visit her family in Tennessee for the first time.

When her family with talk with each other, they would use their normal dialect. However, whenever they addressed me, they would use ebonics and ghetto phrases replicated off MTV or BET (ie: Yo, dog, he was trippin’ fuh real, you feelin’ me?) Or they would make statements such as, Could you teach my son to rap? He’s a big fan of Eminem!

When it came time to exchange gifts, I received items such as baggy hip hop style clothings, silver imitation jewelry with a huge glittering dollar sign or words such as Big Pimpin’ , and cd’s from Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre. They made laughing remarks to the nature of, Yeah, it was kind of hard shopping for you cause we aren’t sure what black people like. We had to order the clothes from online because we couldn’t find any stores where black people shop for their clothes!

Keep in mind, these gifts were for a 28 year old insurance agent with a master’s degree.

I was so irritated, I quietly asked my wife to excuse me, and I went outside for a brief walk around the block to calm myself. Shortly afterwards, I noticed a taxi, and elected to just return to our hotel room and sleep. My wife was extremely angry when she retured, and claimed that her family was insulted by my actions and that they said I was no longer welcome in their home. I told her I didn’t like the fact that they were all acting as though I were another species of human, but she kept saying that they were at least trying to get along with me.

I personally believed they were being ignorant and stereotypical, but she continues to say I was being a baby and needed to just laugh it off and have fun with them.

Which one of us is right, and why?

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What are popular stores that has newborn clothes with cute phrases?

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I am planning to have Pictionary as one of the games at the baby shower I am planning for my sister. I need some help coming up with ideas for the words/phrases that people will be drawing. I’m hoping to come up with some fun ideas beyond just simple words like diaper, bottle, rattle, etc. Thanks!!

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