Any ideas, suggestions or advice?
2006-06-08 00:26:55 · 14 answers · asked by XYZ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Note: the question is not actually for me. Mine, maashallah, is doing fine.
2006-06-08 01:40:56 · update #1
I'm an American, married to a Turkish woman for three years now. We are getting along fine most of the time, although nationalism and religious chauvenism has been a problem for us in the past.
My bosses are a Japanese man and a woman from New Zealand, and they've been married for probably over ten years now.
yes, I think they can work - provided both people are able to lose any 'protectionist' attitudes about their native culture.
It also helps to be educated and interested in each other's cultures beforehand. i.e. - don't marry someone from a country or culture only because they're attractive.
Additionally, there is a real danger of alienating families - so the spouse needs to respect that reality: that every family isn't ready to accept foreigners right away, and the couple needs to decide together whether that is going to be important to them or not.
2006-06-09 02:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by rambling vine 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The success of any marriage depends on the understanding, consideration and, last but not least, love shared in the relationship, not the origins of the 2 partners. An inter-cultural marriage has every bit a chance of being a success as any other marriage.
2006-06-08 07:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by kickass_1310 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, by sucess i can only see one answer: a sucessful marriage means having children. So if your question is can 2 people from a different color of skin have children the answer is yes. If your question is can you be happy, well then that has nothing to do with the color of your skin. Now depending on where you live in the world you will get more crap from others in certain places than others. but if you dont care about people staring at you then no problem.
2006-06-08 07:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Sibbano 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in an inter cultural/religious marriage.. and its working fine so far! i guess for both of us.. religion is very personal .. and we are pretty much open hearted when it comes to accepting each others customs & beliefs. As far as my kids go.. (when that happens that is) its totally up to them to decide...they are lucky they are going to ge the best of 2 worlds... let them make up their mind when they are old enough...
2006-06-08 10:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anzz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely: it takes a thorough understand of the respective cultures, an acceptance of the relationship by the familys effected, and a desire to make things work.
2006-06-08 07:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by Warrior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. It depends on the persons involved. Thoroughly discuss family issues - child rearing, religion, mothers, fathers, siblings, as well as important cultural dates, practices, milestones.
If you love each other, and celebrate the uniqueness of each culture, it can work. It's hard, but it can work.
2006-06-08 07:30:40 · answer #6 · answered by alter_tygo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT DEPENDS ON THE COUPLE.
It is successful if both do their best to meet in the middle of their orientations and build each other up.
It is a failure if either of the spouse try to impose his/her own culture.
2006-06-08 07:32:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya, It will be successful when each others understand the another's culture
2006-06-08 07:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by perfect.tester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A marriage is only what you make of it. If you want it to be successful and keep your wedding voles yeah it will work. and if you truly love each other of course its going to work!
2006-06-08 07:30:53 · answer #9 · answered by afunk2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there are different cultures left in the World, we all enjoy the globalism and therefore my answer is "yes". I wish you luck...
2006-06-08 07:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by rüzgar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋