> Please read everything...before you jump up and down....and lets talk
> about the issue and only the issue (and not the people involved).  Kuv
> xaav kuas cov "laug zog" lug teb hab thaam.
>
> This past weekend, I went to a hmong wedding.  Because nam txiv ntaus
> 3 tug nco, nam txiv xaav tau ib tug kaav xim lug leg lub rooj.  I went
> there only to eat, temsis thaum moog txug lawm, puab ho nteg kuv lug
> ua kaav xwm ua xeej caw rua puab haus.  Tug mejkoob los kuj yog cov
> kwvtij moob dlawb, tug vauv los kuj yog cov kwvtij moob dlawb.
> everything went smoothly, until kuv ua xeej caw "suav yaig."  thaum
> txug caij "rhu" qab nplaig, tes tug mejkoob txawm ca li nyob tuab ywv,
> tsi ua zaaj (it seemed to me like tug mejkoob tsi paub ua zaaj twg
> lawm).
>
> Tug txummej los tsi ua zaaj le hab (nwg tsi qha tug mejkoob...and tug
> mejkoob los tsi nug/tsi has dlaabtsi le hab...which is a typical thing
> in some weddings...), and i thought to myself..."maybe mejkoob tsi
> paub tag"....so i said onto the mejkoob "mejkoob...koj rhu hlo nplaig
> es kuv mam li lug saib xwb mas"...
>
> tug mejkoob txawm teb kuv tas "kuv tsi rho..." and he sat quietly on
> his seat again...at this point, kuv tseem saib cov "qhua laug" talking
> back and forth on the verge of rhu cov nplaig qaib.  i then looked at
> the mejkoob again, and he jsut sat there with arms crossed as if he
> was "lost"...i again (thinking that ntshe yog nws tsi paub moob leeg
> qhov kab ke no) said "mejkoob koj rhu hlo es kuv mam lug saib xwb..."
>
> tug mejkoob rov hais tias "kuv tsi rho, vim kuv coj kev cai tshiab
> lawm..."  i clearly heard what he said, but kuv rov nug tias "ua cas
> no?"  nws hais tias "qhov no kuv tsi rho, vim kuv coj kev cai tshiab
> lawm..."  at this point, the conversation was between kuv thiab nws
> xwb...the rest of the chicken holders are babbling about...preparing
> to take out the tongue of their chickens, not paying attention to what
> mejkoob and i was talking about.
>
> i then, mus ze ze rau nws lub pobntseg, kuv whisper tias "txiv tuam
> mej koob, xav kom koj rho..temsis koj tsi rho los tsi ua cas, koj yos
> ib tus tibneeg los rho koj thib kom rooj tshoob mus taus xwb..."
> once, again, tus meej koob (and this time, he made it clear that
> everyone heard him) said "kuv tsi rho, nej yuam tsi tau kuv, vim kuv
> yog HMOOB TSHIAB...nej yuav SAIB YAIG ces nej saib nej xwb..." at this
> point, one of the bride's uncle heard the conversation, so he approach
> both of us, and said "koj tsi rho los, koj hais kom ib tus los rho
> xwb..."  it was at this point that, he stood up and say "kuv tias tsi
> rho ces tsi rho xwb, nej yuam tsi tau kuv rho...qhov no yog saib yaig
> xwb, kuv ua tsi tau li ntawd..."
>
> the uncle was offended, so he, in returned, said "koj tsi rho es koj
> tuaj ua mejkoob ua dabtsi, twb paub tias peb yeej ua tshoob li no
> ne.."  tus mej koob said "kuv yeej tsi xav tuaj na, lawd kom kuv tuaj
> xwb...tej no yog nej ua nej xwb, kuv tsi tau kom nej ua, yog nej ua
> nej xwb ces, nej kavtsij ua xwb, yog nej yuav yuam kom kuv ua li nej
> mas tsi yog cai lawm..."  the uncle was quite upset, so he started
> pointing his fingers at the mejkoob and said, "tej no yog kev lis kev
> cai ua tshoob xwb..tsi tsim nyog koj yuav muab kev ntseeg los
> lwv...yuav tsum yoog peb me ntsis kom kev tshoob mus tau thiab...."
> tus mejkoob, said nothing else except "koj yuav ntau kuv lov...koj xav
> ntau kuv, ces ntau kiag wb mam tham xwb..."...
>
> ib was at this point that i said (and also at this point, everyone was
> staring at us), "ua li no, koj yos kom tau ib tus los rho xwb, tsi
> hais leejtwg li, leejtwg los tau..."  once again, he said, "ua tsi tau
> li ntawd, yog nej yuav ua li no ces, kuv yuav mus tsev xwb...kuv tias
> ua tsi tau ces ua tsi tau xwb"
>
> at this point, the bride's oldest uncle sawv los, cem tias "peb ua
> tshoob ua ko xwb, yeej tsi txhawm leejtwg dabqhuas li, dabqhua yoog
> tsi tau, temsis tshoob ko yoog tau kawg, koj tsi rho los yos kiag ib
> tus los rho xwb, koj tseem yuav los rhuav kev tshoob kev ko
> thiab...koj yuav mus ces mus kiag tamsim no ntag..."  tus mejkoob
> txawm cia li leave lawm tiag....
>
> niam txiv tog vauv(tus uncle of the groom) thiab niam txiv dab zaum
> rooj (who happened to be a vang also--same as the groom) lawd thiaj li
> mus nrhiav tau tus groom's brother los nyob mejkoob chaw lawm....ua
> kom tag lawm xwb...kuv thiaj li muab suavyaig thiab laigdabtshoob
> lawb.  tom qab no ces...tsi uadabtsi li lawm, tsa lawd sawv ke lawm
> xwb...because of the situation, kuv ua a total of 8 xeej cawv
> xwb.....and the glasses are shot glasses and the alcholol yog budlight
> xwb...
>
> as a person uas los leg tej no, kuv tsi tau pom ib rooj li no...muab
> xav xav, tejzaum yog yus tseem hluas, es lawd saib tsi taus yus, lawd
> thiaj ua li no.  muab xav xav, ntshe mejkoob xiam hlwb es thiaj muaj
> tej no.  muab xav xav...ntshe yog yus tsi txawj ua...yus lub yeej koob
> sawm tsi txog.  after the wedding is over, i asked the parents seb tus

> mejkoob yog xeem dabtsi...niam txiv thiaj teb tias "nag hmo peb nug
> nws, nws tias nws yog "XEEM TSHIAB"....
>
> cov kwvluag, tsi hais tus ntseeg dabqhuas dabtsi, nej ho sim xav seb,
> txoj kev ua tshoob, yog ua li no, kuv ua phiv qhov twg, niam txiv ua
> phiv qhov twg, mejkoob ua phiv qhov twg.  peb tuaj no, yog peb tuaj
> es, ib leeg yuav qhia ib leeg, tejthaum yus xav tias  yus thwj lawm,
> temsis yog yus kub tuaj lawm, ces yus tsi pom yus kev txhaum.
> teebmeem ces muaj li no, cov lus los yeej tau hais li no...kuv yeej
> tsi ntxiv lus...yeej tsi rho lus...yeej muaj li no tiag...yog li no,
> nej xav txog cov lus uas kuv tau piav seb, nej ho pom li cas?
>
> yaweh