This was taken from a different thread. Paul Todd had written this piece, and Maxx had added to it. I think that others that have been should add to the list. It is fun, and the guys who have never been might get some more insight into their future trip...what to expect!
Married Life? Huh
You understand that silence in response to a question means "almost certainly no"
"Maybe" means "probably no" and "Yeah..." means, "maybe."
As far as I am aware, there is no way for a Chinese women to say "yes for sure" If she
does say yes, it may simply mean that she doesn't want to argue with you, but don't be fooled because she is going to go ahead and do it the way she wanted anyway.
You're in-laws walking into your bedroom doesn't bother you (quite as much as it used to)
You check the bill carefully before you pay and challenge at least one item.
You aren't surprised when you arrive home from work to find your mother-in-law in the kitchen.
You recognize the hosts of the CCTV CNY gala show.
You take Jing Shun Lu to save 5RMB on the airport expressway.
You no longer challenge her beliefs about medicine and health..
You've stopped trying to identify the food she eats.
You don't notice people staring.
You walk out on the back porch of your motherinlaws house and see the sack of fish heads
you take your motherinlaws rice baskets and throw them at the guy across the alley taking a piss on the side of the building.
your motherinlaw slaps you for throwing her rice baskets.At the neighbors.
your neighbors pit bull is scared of your wife.
You rent a hotel room and the whole family comes over to take a shower.
you watch cctv channel 9 just to laugh at the anchor person.When they slaughter the English launguge.
If you and your wife are looking for a place, you haven't been before, you have two totally different concepts how to find that place: your wife will ask 5 people on the way and make 8 tel calls to ask for a direction. You simply look for the address.
Your wife passing gas in mid conversation doesn't shock you anymore.
Alcohol any time of day is just not the surprise it used to be.
You start being critical of the taxi driver, because he won't cross the center line of the road to pas the slower bus in front of you.
You watch the sports on CCTV 9 everyday because you need your daily fix of Yao Ming information.
You start thinking that 10 RMB for a bowl of noodles is outrageous in price.
You look forward to getting into a taxi in Changsha, because when the driver flips the meter, you look forward to the ladies voice that says "Welcome to take taxi in Changsha."