İ wonder of their very first night together! Not about the evenings...

Sorry hun I thought that was about the wedding night.

 And you were doing so well not putting in links!    Anyway, I am a western Christian and don´t feel a need to tell everyone such intimate details.  I think my husband would be very hurt if I chronicled everything about his family that displeased me (not that there is anything to write about).  It just doesn´t seem like the writer is very happy with her life. 

I think she started when the honeymoon period was over... you sapik!

Yes but you know, you are unique....special  ....but don´t you think it´s odd how people seem to really bare it all in the "West"?  I mean, Jerry Springer, Cheaters, Maury Povich...and others....I think it´s a very fundimental cultural difference.  

If the author is indeed reporting on real life matters between her new family, she is up for real problems in the future....that is. if they are in fact,  identifiable.

 Clearly you have never watched daytime TV in the east then!

so keep thinking meanwhile western´s keep SHARING their thoughts and troubles/happiness and that´s how they also keep living longer and mentally healthier coz that´s a known fact that sharing of what ever is burdening you keeps you sane and helps to mend your health both mentally and physically. and that´s not how they invented jerry springer and oprah, that´s how they invented psychiatrists the only thing is that for VERY PERSONAL details we have VERY CLOSE friends whom we can really trust with our lives, so the only thing that we can question about her writings is - HOW is she sorting her things to "personal" and "not-that-personal" stuff...but how ever she does that - it´s interesting for others to read anyway

OMG, I think that gossiping is the biggest thing in eastern cultures!!!

 I think you are right in some ways, Cat but I think it is matter of who you gossip to.  I know in my husbands village, they love to gossip about me and my husband because I am an American.  It isn´t anything hurtful but they love to talk about us.  I remember an occasion when someone from another village said something ugly about my husband marrying an American and friends from my husbands village were very quick to defend us.  It seems in Turkey it is ok to talk about your own but to let it be discussed openly with strangers is very different. 

You are correct, in fact I don´t watch any daytime TV on a regular basis.  On ocassion I see it.  It´s pretty hard to miss those programs though, they are on late night too.

Does such thing as bare it all programs like those I mentioned exist in places like Turkey?  I don´t think they do. I have seen some Turkish daytime TV and there was nothing like that on it.

...Like Jerry Springer is something normal  It´s not like every "Western" culture has it´s own Jerry Springer program, and other kinds of talk shows that share personal details are a global thing. From China, to the U.S., day time talkshows about personal issues are worldwide. Everybody knows the Satelite Queens right?

I think the columns should paint a picture of reality, and the reality of a relationship can include a hard relationship with in-laws. Ofcourse it´s not nice for the in-laws if they read this, and recognize themselves in it... but on the other hand. A columnist writing about her children can cause those kids some seriously stress, by simply writing about how they are so sweet, and still sleep with their teddy bears.