Weddings Around the World | Culture Cuddles #1 

I am imagining that when you two get married, the minister/priest refers to German boyfriend as 'German Boyfriend'. 😂

German boyfriend feels uncomfortable showing his face but is definitely not ashamed to sit so comfortably on the couch xD

I say we hide with face with Uyen's crocheted creations

"Soon my name will be German Husband." 😂❤

Uyen's mismatched socks fit well with the laid-back vibe. This podcast is so much fun.

About breaking things: in Poland it's common that the weeding couple is throwing Champaign glasses on the floor, and then they clean it together - like a symbol of the normal, daily stuff that happens.

I dated an English guy when I was studying in the UK. The cultural differences were crazy. I am Iranian and because of our culture with poems/literature (persian), love is a very fantastical thing. Showing love is always super romantic & dramatic. Like you would tell someone you'd die for them (in different ways) at least 3 times a day. Even outside a romantic relationship, you'd tell a close friend ,family member or children that "I'd get sacrificed for you" in casual conversation or even as a form of saying thank you. eg: sister: "do you want me to make more coffee for you?" me: "no honey, I'd die for you". Even typing it in English sounds ridiculous but it's so enmeshed in our culture that we're used to it. We use it as a term of endearment and almost never think of the meaning. Now imagine me, from this culture, dating a very practical and logical English guy. I was 16, away from family for the first time and I just felt my bf didn't love me because AT MOST he'd just say I love you. I got used to it eventually but the first few months were terrible. The funny thing is, I'm now married to someone from my own culture but my time in the UK has made me cold from the point of view of onlookers because I'm far less dramatic in love 🤣

A not so happy intercultural relationship story: I am from the U.S., and in grad school, I started dating a grad student who was from south India. I enjoyed learning about his culture and meeting his friends. It was about 6 months into the relationship that one of his friends explained to me that I was just the girlfriend to be had until my boyfriend was pressured by his family to marry someone they arranged for him. I confronted my boyfriend, and he confirmed it. I wouldn’t have let the relationship get that far if I knew there was no chance of us getting married, but he never mentioned it, and I didn’t know enough to ask.

I'm Brazilian, married to a Swede, living in Sweden, we got married in Sweden because weddings in Brazil are usually huge and we didn't had the money for it. One Brazilian tradition I did was to write the names of my friends that were single on the underskirt of my dress, I took a picture lifting my skirt up to show the names for my friends who couldn't attend, there were a lot of side eyes from my Swedish guests.

In Vietnam it is true that we don't have proposals. But when you take your boy/girl friend to meet your family and every one started asking, to your face, behind your back, to your parents, to your siblings, to your nieces/nepthew... when are you two gonna get married before you even think about it. If your partner doesn't flat out deny it, that's when you realize you're getting married.

I literally freaked out when german boyfriend read my comment 😅 Yes i said a whole lemon 🍋 ...its to be kept hidden but it will absorb all "negative energy"

Uyens honesty about her rough origin was so awesome. She is so cute and full of light when she talks about all things, good or bad. I appreciate her good energy.

OMG! You had me at 0:01 ... I love this already

Hi, I'm Czech, and 15 years ago, I married an Irish guy. We were madly in love for two years (and still are). Unfortunately, his mum didn't approve of our marriage and eventually disowned him. Our son was born in Ireland, but the low job opportunities and bad economy in 2008/2010 forced us out of Ireland. Since then, we have lived in three countries, trying our best to find a place where we would fit in. It is challenging, and we are still looking. The next one is going to be Finland. This probably sounds crazy, and looking back, many things we had done were 100% pure craziness. But we always 'pulled a magic rabbit out of our arse' (the Irish man said) and carried on. We both strongly feel that our home is where we can hug eachother. Also big Congratulations I hope your wedding will be just a start of best days of your life. Love your channels. Stay awesome ❤❤❤

Been doing long-distance with my Dutch partner for almost 5 years and we're finally closing off the distance! Watching you guys living your best life happily together gives me a lot of hope and joy!

I am an American and have lived in Germany and Vietnam. This Fall I am invited to a wedding in Vietnam. The bride is a dear friend and I know her entire family. I have never been to a wedding in Vietnam. Of course I am so excited, but realize this is to me an unfamiliar part of the culture. Your podcast came at a perfect time. Still I have many questions, but you guys answered many of them. I love your RU-vid videos! Thank you, hạnh phúc und Freude 🎉

I love the community Uyen has built that loves to enjoy the content she produces while respecting the privacy of her German boyfriend. She and Stephanie Soo have gotten some amazing human beings as followers and I really love to be the part of this community.

Not married but black american: it's common in some black american families, after the wedding ceremony the bride and groom will jump the broom - a literal broom. This is from slavery when enslaved people were not allowed to be married bc you could not separate married Christians. Jumping the broom was the ceremony that was allowed to announce their wedding to everyone while not anger the masters. Some families practice this tradition after the wedding ceremony and it's fun because the higher you and your partner can jump the stronger your marriage will be. One side of my family does this regularly but the other doesn't so not everyone celebrates it but it's an important tradition that shouldn't be forgotten.

A man who prizes his peace and privacy yet still compromises for their loved ones, truly a man of culture.

I'm English and I moved to New Zealand when I was 22 fully expecting to meet a kiwi guy and get married. I'd had enough of English guys and was glad to never have to date one again. I ended up meeting an English guy from the town next to mine in England and falling in love and marrying him. I think the only thing you can guarantee about love is its never what you expect.

Kinda love this channel ngl. Personally, my bf is Korean. I learn languages as a hobby, and he is monolingual. I've never left Texas for longer than a week let alone been outside the US. He wasn't born here and has traveled a lot. In the south intercultural relationships are not common let alone ones of the same gender. It is a wild experience, and it is really cool to see a podcast/channel cover these things. From picking up a new phrase to table manners its cool to see another couple document the quirks. Can't wait to see this where this goes!

I'm from Austria and in my region the bride stealing event at the wedding party is very common. The bride and groom would book a second wedding venue (usually a bar or restaurant) and late in the evening, the person who managed to steal the bride's wedding bouquet without being caught, would "steal the bride" and bring her to the second wedding venue while the groom has to "rescue her" by going after her (nowadays the bride and groom appoint the person who is to "steal the bride" before the wedding and leave the wedding bouquet unattended for them, when it's time for the event). When the bride is moved to the second venue by the "abductor" the younger adult guests and their close friends and family usually follow. In this way the wedding party is devided into two groups with the elderly guests, and families with young children staying at the main venue where it is quieter and the younger people getting really drunk and singing traditional drinking songs forcing the other guests and the bride and the groom to down one shot after another. A wedding usually starts around 10 (sometimes earlier, sometimes later) in the morning and ends at midnight when the father of the bride "passes" her to the groom one last time and they go home together as a married couple.

"do you want know how we fight evil spirits? A knife" 🤣💀 I choked on my water that was so funny

I’m so happy for you two. This channel has grown in so many incredible ways! I’m glad German Fiancé is getting more comfortable in the channel as well. This podcast will be a huge milestone for the two of you. Congratulations!

My wife grew up in the Philippines - half Chinese and half Pinay and when we became engaged her parents asked about my birth information to go to a fortune teller? to see if we were compatible. We were married twice - first in the US with a simple civil ceremony and then 10 months later a massive Church wedding in the Philippines 27 years ago!

😂German boyfriend wants more lighthearted convo after talking about evil spirits…I love Uyen’s response! 😂 I want to hear more about this though, Uyen! Totally interesting!

I am British an I met my German husband July 18th 2023 on a video game called dayz , 8 months later on the 21st of march we got married in Denmark, they say when you know you know and this was our case 😊

In India, if there's something like getting married would kill the spouse because of the date of birth thing, we get them married to a tree first so that technically the tree is the spouse and then they get married to their partner So if the spouse has to die, it's the tree and the partner lives!

As VNese, one thing i impress the most in Vietnamese wedding is they karaoke so much. Even in the 8pm, there are some close friends and relatives singing songs. I remembered in my uncle wedding they sang from 4pm to 9pm. 😅😅😅

I used to work with an Indian couple and they were married by an arrangement. They agreed to it, and have grown kids and are still together. Their son, actually asked them to help them arrange a marriage for him. She was a wonderful soul, the wife. I worked with her longer and knew her better. She totally put up with me asking about her country and her culture, because I'm a curious soul and want learn and find it all fascinating. She guided me and my mom when it came to cultural clothes (went to a festival with them). Talked with us about food, because you know, yummy. Bless her.

omg german boyfriend shifting to german husband eventually is great 🥺💜 you guys are so wonderful ❤ this is so soothing. maybe someday you can read stories from your childhood or something, like how i grew up with dutch stories!

Love the podcast! Also love the whale on the couch 🐋 it somehow brings me joy

I have a personal theory about "Polterabend". I think each marriage has a set (pre-ordained by spirits) amount of crockery that will be broken during the marriage. The plates and cups smashed during Polterabend are deducted from this amount. So: the more fragments on the Polterabend, the less crockery smashed during the couple's life together!

I Love hearing the rough stuff from the village! Don’t ever sugar coat things for the internet- we love your truths ❤😊

Fun fact about wedding in my rural Hungarian town: It is customary for newlyweds to get in their cars (along with the entire guest list), go to the boulevards (which basically go in a giant circle) during the day and honk their horns like a bunch of ducks the entire time LOL Also, 'wedding challenges' are part of EVERY Hungarian wedding. The groom has to complete crazy tasks (such as trying to shave a balloon with a sharp razor without making it pop) in order to get his 'kidnapped' wife back and marry her

You need a PO box do we can send wedding gifts!

I'm from Greece where big weddings are the thing, and planning a whole wedding in 2 days is so crazy, in Greece you wouldn't be able to even find a church to book so fast!

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD !!! I am so excited to see you are doing a podcast ! I don't even want to start listening to this first episode because I'll probably won't be able to wait before the next one 🤣

8:49 I'm honestly surprised to hear German Boyfriend be so understanding of the power of superstition, it's really cool.

Intercultural relationships are awesome! My mum is the child of one, my gran is Ashkenazi and my grandfather was Palestinian and Moroccan. I'm also the child of one, because my dad's Puerto Rican. My parents fully planned to elope because their mothers were both beyond pissed bout them marrying not only outside of the culture but their respective religions. My grandfathers asked them to just hunker down and wait until the hurricane that was coming passed and in the meantime threw them a backyard wedding on the day that they had planned to elope. My dad's dad had even tricked my grandmother into making my mum's wedding dress weeks in advance as a dress for another big event that was coming up! Very sneaky of my grandfathers. They even managed to get a priest AND a rabbi to officiate

Uyen and German boyfriend doing a podcast together just made my month!!!❤

I love seeing how Uyen looks at German fiancé with a smile on her face🥹❤️

not a wedding thing but I am Mexican American and my husband is all White (we are in the USA) and the hardest thing and still comes up is our differences in time. For him, time is very linear and done by appointments and for my family time is just there. For example, a birthday is at 2 but don't arrive at 2pm because you will be helping to clean and set up. but for his family, if the event starts at 2pm, the food and everything will be ready and set up at 2pm. and they have end times, where my family events don't really have end times unless there is a venue end time involved.

Hi uyen, ngl i was dealing with breakup and felt hopeless but after watching your videos, i felt calm and happy. Your soon to be husband and you have a very relaxing and positive vibes. Thanks I'm feeling much better ❤😊

OMG thank-you Uyen & German boyfriend (soon to be husband)!! Congrats on all accounts. You guys are moving onward and forward! 💕

the teasing is adorable, it's always been a personal sign of a good relationship for me!

I just love this series so much❤ Uyen and German boyfriend are so respectful when the other is talking, and respond so thoughtfully .You two are the best🎉

19:41 Beatings with a mulberry branch…I’m laughing so hard picturing it.

After listening to different experiences such as breaking up because of the prediction that one might die is so relevant even in Indian culture as well. Obviously youngsters do not follow it that much, but the similarities among the south asian and southeast asian countries is so striking. I think that Indian weddings are full of colors. We are not restricted to certain colors such as white dress. We get to experiment a lot like crazy! Indian wedding is like a festival, even the small scale ones that don't make to tik tok or Instagram.

I think it makes more sense to just discuss it and decide to get married. Instagram worthy proposals are more for social media than life

German Boyfriend's voice is kinda soothing to listen to 🙂 hoping this podcast will be a regular schedule, keep it up!

Culture Cuddles is the cutest podcast name only worth of you guys❤❤❤❤❤

Singaporean Chinese here! My family is Buddhist/agnostic while my husband’s family is Catholic. Even though we’re both Singaporean Chinese there was already some differences in wedding practices. Like choosing an auspicious timing/date and having an engagement ceremony (guo da li) was really important to my family. While for his family it is important that we get married in a church. Planning a wedding can be stressful and it will have some clashes or differing expectations among family elders, if there’s mutual respect, communication and compromise you both will be alright 😊 and don’t forget to enjoy the actual day!!!

I was invited to a wedding last summer. I loved the decorations: dried wild flowers. And the guest gifts were selfmade marmelade and a little pack of wildflower seeds. Not typical for Germany but still super nice to see the flowers bloom this summer :D

I m indian and i can confirm its traditional tinder especially in the south. We get to choose who we get married to and if dont want to then we move on to next guy. Parents only set it up but the decision is the brides and grooms. To ward of evel spirts we use slippers near head under the bed, lemon is crushed in front of the person. During marriage in some cultures wen the rituals start like 2days b4 marriage, the bride carries sharp objects or stones until marriage day. I think it's for protection.

I love to see how they evolved so much from not showing german boyfriend's face to showing full him😂😂 love both of you btw😃

Look at German Boyfriend's "draw me like one of your French girls" pose! 😂

the conversation about the wedding being postponed because of superstition was so awesome i love how german bf was immediately like “oh two days no problem” while uyen is like “nooo my day would be ruined”. i am just excited for german bf to be german husband ❤️ you two are so lovely together

the way Uyen looks at him oh my goooooood😭🥰

Its the LOTR blanket for me XD, bring that to sit on both your laps to up the cuddle vibes. super cozy

German boyfriend seems like a natural to take up geocaching!

My relationship was with a Vietnamese guy from Vancouver, and ill forever miss him and his mom. Sadly i dont think things were meant to be with us, but it is a great memory and im grateful for it happening

I’m settling in with coffee and my 3DSXL (playing Super Mario World), and ready to listen to you guys! ❤ from the Caribbean! 🇹🇹

i just realized this came out 2 mins ago lol can't wait

I absolutely love the two of you. You make me believe in true love. Both of you are absolutely adorable together ❤

omggg i’m glad i’ve found your channel in time for the start of this journey❤😌

You two are absolutely smashing. Uyen is fantastisch and GB always makes me chuckle too! They like each other so much. It's all so nice :) Viel gluck!!!!!

26:27 I'm from Nordrhein-Westfalen, which is the west side side of Germany and my uncle did this on his wedding too aswell as I saw pics of my grandparents getting married who did this too, aswell as my grandparents repeated it when celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, so maybe it was more common in the past and is now out of style, IDK

I really like this podcast, it's a feel-good listen. Just like your videos, they're a feel-good watch and I get to learn stuff about Germany and Vietnam culture. I look forward to more episodes 🥰

this is such a good podcast, I love how laid back and casual it is. ❤

Loved it and can't wait for the next episode!! You're so chill and it's very calming to listen to you💖 Perfect for when I need to listen to something while working or doing some chores, haha

I’m so happy about this podcast! You two are so fun together, and I love hearing more from GB

I love the mustard and spice gift idea!!! This was great, I look forward to more 🥰🥰

I lived in Germany from 72 to 96. I wish my German was as good as you English.😊you also traveled more than I did.😊

Just a recommendation, if you continue to post this podcast on YT, it would be really cool to provide on screen captions. The auto captions that YT provides aren't very accurate. Ik it would be a lot more editing work, but with on screen captions your videos would be much more accessible. Love you❤❤❤❤

Awwwww how adorable! Absolutely love this video series' name and concept!!! 💕💕💕

Uyen is such a cute sincere human being I love her a lot I would love a friend like her 🥰

I love how comfy, cozy and laid back the set up is!

Such a cute podcast! My brother didn't have a monk predict their wedding (lol) but i remember he basically eloped. My dad got a call one day from my brother who was like "uh hey you know that trip to visit my girlfriend.... well we're married!" My Sister in law is Thai but from New Zealand snd my brother is from the US and specifically grew up Mormon and he flew to New Zealand to elope with her. Mormons stereotypically get married very quickly lol (myself included, i was proposed to in December and married in March the following year) but my brother is going on 20 years this year being married and has two beautiful kids and this year was my 5th wedding anniversary ❤

Hello, I'm from the UK for specifically, suffolk which is a county in England. I have a few international mates, the thing that strikes me the most when speaking to them is how different our education systems are. In the UK we have three main stages of education, primary school, high school and then sixth-form/college. Primary school is from the gates of 3 (typically, stating with nursery) to 10/11, high school is from 10/11 to 16 and then sixthform is from 16 - 18, and with college it depends on what course you're doing. However you would still start at 16 (for the majority of people). The thing that strikes me as being massively different is exams and grades. I'm the uk we have SETs which are based on a students ability, school years (based on age) are divided into these SETs. You can move up and down SETs, however you can not pass/fail a year. In fact your teachers have bo power over your final grade. As exams are marked externally by exam boards, additionally I understand that in many countries you take tests throught the year, and these tests will determine your final grade. However, in the UK if you're in high school you'll study a set of subjects (GCSEs) for 2/3 years and then you'll have multiple exams in each subject at the end of those 2/3 years. You can fail these subjects, you'll need a grade 4 to pass. So basically you have one shot at passing or failing, and if you want to retake the exam then you'll have to pay. It's a similar situation for Alevels (taken at 18). I understand that this is a lot and I do apologise, however it would be interesting to learn how exams and grades are done in Germany and Vietnam. Thank you for reading this, :))

I was not expecting Uyen to say "dressed to the nines". That is such a British expression! I loved this podcast ❤️

Sounds like family & friendship are top priority in Vietnam! ❤

You guys are the absolute cutest.

My husband is from Australia 🇦🇺 and I’m Canadian 🇨🇦. The two countries are quite similar but there are definitely a lot of differences too. The most interesting to me is the different foods (which is why I love watching your food videos!!), and the different words or phrases used to call things. We’ve been married 33 years. I think the most important thing is to be understanding of each other’s differences. I have a friend who is Canadian and her husband is from Indonesia. They have been together 37 years - but sadly the husband’s family refuses to accept the White wife. His family in Indonesia refuse to accept their children as well. When the wife and children are around, they are ignored or insulted by his family members.

Two good-hearted people living their love. ❤

Honestly, love this. So cute. Cant wait for more episodes!

This was very enjoyable you guys! And for the haters dissing German Boyfriend for not wanting to show his face, DONT WATCH. Respect others wishes😊

This is an exciting podcast!!! Can't wait to see more from both of you. Congrats on the new adventure! :)

It was a very cute podcast! English is a foreign language for me, but your pace and pronunciation made listening super comfortable. Thank you, I'm waiting for the upcoming episode

Your voices are really soothing and just such a perfect fit for a podcast! I’m glad you started it, I enjoyed this issue so much. Good luck with it!!

I really like that you started this new podcast. Sometimes people think it's rare that cross cultural couple exists. But its not, it's quite normal. I am german and my husband is burundian. We are married soon 5 years.

I love this idea! Ill stay tuned for more episodes. :) I'm American, married a german man 12 years ago ❤ although I think american and german culture is not that different, it can be funny at times. Love your videos Uyen!

I have a family memeber who is Indian and he married a Moroccan woman. Their wedding has been happening for over two years!!!!! Because they had one in India, one in Morocco and one in the country we and they live in now. This is because, like for your family i believe, travelling is hard and difficult but also really expensive. Its crazy. Plus they have around 6 wedding functions that typically last around 2 to 3 weeks.

So far I’m really enjoying it and it does also have to do with me always laughing at the very funny cartoon over German boyfriends face 😅. I also very much enjoy the aesthetics in general. This flat is STUNNING!

His job and hobbies make so much sense from the tiny things I've seen he owns :)

Love y’all! I love how humble y’all are with constructive tips y’all give to each other!

Im so happy for you two and your journey! Love the new podcast❤️

GBF makes very good logic argument wrt delay the guests or married on a day that is not 'given' by the monk/priest. loooove your channel.

I'm shocked..... German boyfriend changed species, I thought he was a dinosaur this whole time!!!!

This is literally the first and only podcast I've ever watched, most importantly the only one I care to tune into. I often joke that equipment should be more expensive because everyone and their mom has a boring podcast these days... but this is a fun new take on the concept with two people that make me smile. This is the podcast the internet needed to heal tbh, wholesome, informational, and fun!