https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:18:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482608 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:15:18 +0000 mrsjyw 482608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: so cute! And I wouldn't be offended! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482317 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:01:03 +0000 Boogs 482317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Did you end up deciding to change your date? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482086 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:32:37 +0000 loveisstrange 482086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I think we're going to do C's at our house. Venues are hard to come by in England and the ones on the base are not very nice. I just hope it's not super cold! I wish her birthday was in the summer. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482083 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:30:53 +0000 Mrs. Pen 482083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: yay!! I voted for that one - so soft and pretty. We're doing chevron and woodland animals because our venue is at a nature center :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482082 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:29:50 +0000 loveisstrange 482082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Yep, I think we're going pretty and sweet and doing the vinatgey pink/lace/burlap theme. :) My pinterest board is getting ridiculous. lol. We're going to be in full-on planning mode after I fly home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482073 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:26:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 482073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I'm going to do that too!!! I am in full-on party planning mode now that it's only 7 weeks away - eek! Did you decide on your theme?</p> <p>@Boogs: I think so too :) I just wasn't sure if it would be seen as offensive to "steal" another cultures tradition - just trying to be respectful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482068 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:22:50 +0000 loveisstrange 482068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Haha, you are not alone! I want to do something like that picture and maybe set out 4 bowls and have people guess which she will pick, then draw a name out of the "winning" bowl and give that person a small gift. I think it would be fun to make it like a party game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482067 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:22:38 +0000 Boogs 482067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: That setup is sooo cute! And it looks like it could be used for any culture. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482064 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:20:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 482064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: oh yay!! glad it's not just me! I LOVE this adorable setup: </p> [attach=1597/13/mg4umq.398x600.248472104410815396_AzfPKzxL_c.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482061 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:20:04 +0000 Anagram 482061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is South Asian (think indian subcontinent countries, not eastern asian), and they do this in their culture, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-482057 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:17:23 +0000 loveisstrange 482057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I was just coming to ask this same question! I really want to do one too, but we are definitely not Korean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477070 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:43:19 +0000 autumnlove 477070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should! We aren't Korean but my MIL bought a bunch of objects for LO to choose from! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477067 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:36:07 +0000 Arden 477067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: They do the object choosing in Eastern Europe too, at least in Albania where I lived it was common. I think it's a part of MANY cultures, so I think you're safe doing it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477061 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:24:54 +0000 chopsuey 477061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't see why you can't do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477044 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:37:27 +0000 SweetMamaM 477044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've thought that the doljabi tradition of choosing the objects was a fun thing to do too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477039 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:13:28 +0000 Mrs. Pen 477039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: @BoogieBea: just the part where baby chooses the object :) we are having a nice sized party but obviously since I'm not Korean we'd skip any traditional outfits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477032 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:52:43 +0000 BoogieBea 477032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're not Korean and we did it - well just the fortune telling part - we didn't have a big party or wore traditional garments. I don't think my Korean friends were offended at all when we told them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477026 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:47:45 +0000 HabesBabe 477026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are you going to do? The clothes, the food, the "objects" tradition? I'm Vietnamese and we'll be doing a "toi noi" which has the objects for the baby to pick, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477025 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:45:13 +0000 Mrs. Bee 477025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm korean and i wouldn't care if someone did it. it is fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-477024 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:43:33 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 477024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not Korean and can't answer but I agree---it's super cool and would be fun! The headwear alone makes the party;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-i-do-a-doljabi-if-im-not-korean#post-476994 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:55:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 476994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the doljabi is such an adorable and fun tradition for birthdays! I want to do one with my son for his first in 8 weeks (!!), but I worry that since I'm not Korean I can't... Can I? I wouldn't want to offend anyone by stealing their native traditions. </p>