Is your spouse /soulmate from a different country? Where did you meet?
What do you think of these relationships?
2006-10-12 09:08:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
My partner is Nigerian and I’m American. We actually met online, she’s an amazing girl and it hasn’t had any bad effect on us at all. If anything it’s enlightening and refreshing. She’s not phased by the American stereotypes and wasn’t raised to be materialistic and I’ve learned to love and respect myself more. In the same respect I’ve taught her how to dream big like most Americans. And she’s now in law school.
2006-10-12 09:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Rainey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My girlfriend is Thai and lives in thailand. I am ethinically Japanese and live in the United States. We met in Bangkok and Initially online. The long distance is a bit stressful and we are working on it. I am learning about the Thai culture and she is learning about American culture. It takes understanding cerebrally and from the heart about each others culture. I think it takes work and because of the cultural differences you are forced to be more conscious about learning about the other person which I think we take for granted sometimes because we are "Americans". I have learned over the years that you have to learn about the basis of the other person otherwise you may not be happy. You will be a bit superficial and that is probably the largest reason for divorce is because they assumed toooo many things about the other person.
I hope I helped.
Good luck
2006-10-12 09:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by gbdelta1954 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, technically, *I* am for a different country than my husband, although I've lived in the US for the last 13 years. So, I was already "entrenched" here when I met him. Overall, we don't experience "cultural differences"; sometimes I might say something like "well, back home they don't do it this way", but it doesn't cause a problem or anything.
2006-10-12 09:13:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terrible. Marriage is hard enough and adding in different relegions into it doesn't help. I am christian my ex is lebanese muslim and there way of thinking is very back wards from ours. althought if you speak to them we all here are back words. there customs are very strict and women are treatred like 2nd class citizens. mind you all of them will tell you there wives are treated good and they have an opinion. what else are they going to say yes and agree with you.
So unless you want to be told what to do when to do it how to do it what to wear . how you can speak what you can say and can't forget about it. Life of misery.
2006-10-12 19:32:34 · answer #4 · answered by For ever in my Heart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My BF is in Italy he went to one of my matches and meet up with me after wards we've been off and on for two years.I live here in the US and he's there.These relationships are hard it's hard for me at least not being able to see him.
2006-10-12 09:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Grazia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAN IT'S ALL GOOD... GO FOR THE DIFFERENT MIXTURE...
IT IS ALL THE SAME WITH THE LIGHTS OUT...I HAVE BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT CONTINENTS..NOTHING HAS CHANGED BUT THE LANGUAGE BARRIER..
2006-10-12 09:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by stephen D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not married and i don't think there is anything wrond with mix cultures. it is more diverse and facinating.
2006-10-12 09:11:06 · answer #7 · answered by blah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋