AkydefGoldberg - AMA

[AkydefGoldberg]

Right, let's see how this goes!

[Circled Square]

What's the worst thing about the world?

[Hanley!]

I'll start off with the obvious one: how's married life going?

Are you and your wife living on your own? Do you have your own house, or are you thinking of buying soon?

Any advice for those of us who won't be bachelors for much longer?

[AkydefGoldberg]

What's the worst thing about the world?

Death of civilians and the oppression of people who don't have the defence to fight back or the politicians to support them.

I'll start off with the obvious one: how's married life going?

Are you and your wife living on your own? Do you have your own house, or are you thinking of buying soon?

Any advice for those of us who won't be bachelors for much longer?

Married life is going fairly smoothly - we'll be living, as is the culture, to live with our parents so all that hullaballoo of buying a house, not for us! :) I'm delighted, means no spending for me to do with the expense that a new house brings.

Any advice? Yes, just enjoy it while you can!

[Twister]

Do you want kids, if so how many?

[Str8Shooter]

Married life is going fairly smoothly - we'll be living, as is the culture, to live with our parents so all that hullaballoo of buying a house, not for us! :) I'm delighted, means no spending for me to do with the expense that a new house brings.

Forgive me for being admittedly ignorant on this issue. But has it always been part of the culture? Is this something that people in the culture are happy about? or just something they tolerate? Do some couples "break" this rule?

Sorry about all the questions.

Just our more Western culture is the complete opposite, people can't wait to get away from home and create their own home. Especially married couples. I'm guess I'm just interested in how this works and if the majority looks forward to it or dreads it?

[Viazon]

What does your name mean? I assume the Goldberg part has something to do with the wrestler Goldberg but what does the rest mean?

[AkydefGoldberg]

Do you want kids, if so how many?

Woah! Easy sister! I'm not thinking that far ahead...at the moment it's all about taking baby steps..

Forgive me for being admittedly ignorant on this issue. But has it always been part of the culture? Is this something that people in the culture are happy about? or just something they tolerate? Do some couples "break" this rule?

It's sort of an unofficial rule in the Pakistani culture that the youngest son, stays with the parents and take on the responsibility of looking after them as they get older, with the aid of his wife. Not to say the other siblings disappear from the scene but the youngest son takes on the role more strongly. From a religious point of view, Islam places a great emphasis on our parents (an example being of a saying that heaven is beneath the feet of the mother which shows the importance of looking after her etc) and culturally, I think this is where this idea comes from.

What does your name mean? I assume the Goldberg part has something to do with the wrestler Goldberg but what does the rest mean?

Ahh, well you've got the Goldberg part right - I was a fan of his (the music, entrance, spear, jack hammer and his limited but powerful move set appealed to me). The Akydef kinda comes from reading wrestling results on the internet and it'd say, for example, "The Rock def. Goldberg" and I kinda thought, well "Aky def. Goldberg" would look nice to me so yeah, I went with that and loyally, decided to stick with it.

[prophet]

Why hasn't Adam Lyth been dropped, regardless of how the series has gone, despite being the worst England player in all four tests?

[AkydefGoldberg]

Why hasn't Adam Lyth been dropped, regardless of how the series has gone, despite being the worst England player in all four tests?

They might aswell stick with him now - Ashes have been won by battering the Aussies but I'd think they'll axe him for the series in UAE vs Pakistan, should promote Moeen at the top of the order, bring Rashid in at 8 because they will need a natural spinner over there.