When guys go talk to girls, they would have to sit outside her room and talk to her through the walls. Anyone ever wonder about the history behind that? How did it become an accepted method of courting? I'm curious about why they did that. Is it like Internet dating these days, where you can't see each other so you feel more comfortable being yourself or being creative to get her to like you?
story goes...Y and Z are best friends and both had vying eye for A.
Z was nice a guy so he would go and help her ua teb, in turn, she would return the favor...that is how the concept of "
sib pauv zog" came about.
Y was more of a roMANtic guy so he would pick flowers for her and since we didn't have roses back then, he would pick cucumber flowers...that was how the concept of "
DIB hluas nkauj" came about.
Z being respectful, courted her by going to talk to her house and talking with the family...that was how the concept of "
tham hluas nkauj in the house" came about.
Y being the extra ordinary horny guy would wait until Z goes home and poke her through the straw wall...then "ntaus ncas" and speak his dirty mind of what he would do to her, which in turn got her all wet and wild...this was how the concepts derived..."cuab ncas dib hluas nkauj from behind the wall".after a few months of courting...Y and Z became enemies because of their fight for A's affection...th
is was how all war started.
knowing that one would need to make it official by marriage...one day while A went to the farm.
Z, the nice guy brought his clan leaders and parents to proposed her hand in marriage by going to her house and asking the parents...that was how "
hais nqi tsev" came about.
Y, the bad guy, knowing he had only one choice, waited by A's path. upon her return, he kidnapped her...that was how "
bridenapping" came about in our culture.
so at the end and moral to this story..."
nice guys finish last". Y got to marry A but her heart was always with Z and carried part of his name:
AOZ after conceiving their first child,
Y change his name to YAX...that was how we got "
ti npe laus" came about.
side note: through the years...YAX and AOZ relocated to merced, california, they have grown to love each other and are happily married with 12 babies. Z also had a name change. Still mad about losing the love of his life, Z remained in Laos...til one day, this Alain looking like YAX went back to Laos and got his a$$ whoop, by none other than
ZEB!
the end! ha!