Learned a couple things from dating a Chinese girl that I didn't learn from having a Chinese mom:
a) Chinese people seem to love keeping relationships outside the home before marriage.
b) this creates a great motivation to commit and get married.
I'll be married before the year is over.
EDIT: My Singaporean coworker is telling me how lucky I am to be with a mainlander. Not nearly as many archaic but obligatory formalities to go through with the families.