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Funny enough, one of my sister is marrid to German guy and my parents have three son-in-lows from different countries. He speaks and reads in 7 languages. Romanticism, gentlemanly behavior and deep kindness is still alive and well in Romania! Courtship may be completely left out in case of arranged marriages where the couple doesn't meet before the wedding.

My family love him!!! We will also always remember the sly remarks, the obvious dislike from the one person who was supposed to support and encourage us.

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By Corey Heller Photo Credit: What with all of the fantastic American men around, what made me choose to tie the knot with a foreigner? How about this fun, tongue-in-cheek, stereotypical rundown of some of my favorites ignoring, of course, all of the challenges that go into an international marriage — you can find those in my post? Let the countdown begin… 10. Whether they grow up on a farm, in the city, poor or rich, they just have an air of sophistication about them. He thinks I am fascinating. I have an open-ended excuse to travel. Ok, sometimes this can be completely annoying since every vacation abroad is filled with visiting his family but hey, at least I have a reason to board the plane and it is great not to have to cook and clean for a month. He automatically charms friends and family. See 9 above… Need I say more? Chocolate and more chocolate. I love a challenge. Who would want to have a simple, normal, easy relationship? Meeting in Ireland, breaking up in Versaille for an excruciating 10 minutes, meeting the families, being separated for a year to finish college… it was all worth it and made our relationship even stronger. After all of that, there was no way I could let him go, ever! Are you married to someone from another country? What is your silly, fun, tongue-in-cheek top 10 list or at least a few from your list? Or maybe you want to share the challenges that go into international marriage? If so, read my post and share your thoughts there! Multilingual Living is the place where she shares her knowledge about raising multilingual and multicultural children. Corey, an American, and her German husband live in Seattle where they raise and homeschool their three children, ages 15, 14 and 12, in German and English. This website is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a replacement or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. By using this website, you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced in our and. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, please do not use this website. If every marriage is, in a way, the meeting of two cultures, getting to know that other culture also teaches you about yours. The cloth diapering decision was super easy for us, too! I went to Ireland to hang out with the Irish, not some German guy! And he wanted to hang with the locals, not some American on an Education Abroad Program. I can totally relate to what you say about your non-Latvian husband teaching you about how truly Latvian you are. By the way, we tried the onion skins one year but ended up with completely brown eggs. I clearly did something wrong. Maybe you have a tip or two? Thank you for your comment! I love sharing all of these experiences with others! Definitely -- political differences count faaaaar more than language and cultural differences! Knowing you, it would be hilarious, full of tongue-in-cheek witticisms and so much more. Perhaps you should have married Schwarzenegger… then you could have had both the foreigner elements AND the Republican elements -- oh yea baby, bring it on! Kudos to you, girl! Being married to a republican would DEFINITELY be more difficult than being married to my Chinese husband. Republicans drive me crazy. I used to really care for him but he really pushed me TOO FAR!!! We would like the girls to have both passports which will give them the opportunity to be able to choose where they want to attend university and live. Having a foreign husband means I can pick the things I enjoy from his culture and from my own, and integrate it all into our own, unique family culture. But my White Australian boyfriend have a harder time adapting to me. I like 8 as well. I am Italian American and only learned the surface aspects of the culture, such as food. Now that I have learned Spanish on my own, I find Italian much easier to read and speak and St. Whenever I have a baby, she moves in for a month and does all the cooking and cleaning. But it does weird my mother out a little bit to see an exact copy of her own green eyes…looking out of almond shaped eyes on a tan little face! We lived for 2 years in Taiwan in 68-70. My first day in Taiwan I speak Chinese also but at first rather imperfectly I tried to tell my in-laws cook I wanted scrambled eggs. Well, with the wrong tones it came out--bomb! She and the other maids about died laughing. Later back in the States, wish I could remember all the funny things my husband said. Once I was cutting out patterns for sewing. I did learn to love soy sauce though. My kids and grandkids will eat anything. My grandkids are also gorgeous! My youngest granddaughter has blond hair and lovely golden skin. Genetics is a weird science. For my son and I it was like having our own secret language. Where my kids grew up in the 70s there were no Chinese around, so--no one to understand us. I visited Seattle and Vancouver a few years ago with my son, both of us for sight-seeing, him for hiking, me for searching for Chinese music in both China towns. I also love erhu music and there are many other singers I like. The best Chinese music is northwestern. My husband was born in Manchuria dung bei , moved to Shanghai, then to Taiwan when he was 16 where his father was a senator which is a story in itself since he did not belong to the party and refused to join. When we argue we can decide it is a misunderstanding and stop! I love his olive skin, dark eyes and black hair. Yes, my family and friends find him totally charming and handsome -- and he is. So many more terms of endearment -- darling, mi amor, estimada, la meva done…. Mediteranean men can talk about emotions and feelings. We have two different cuisines to choose from. There are more special days in the year -- saints days, fiestas, Sant Jordi which is the Catalan version of St Valentine but much nicer. I can learn two new languages in my own home with my own personal tutor -- castellano and catalan! And I love the rrrrrrolling sexy rrrrrrs. Just wanted to ask you if your kids have problems with that,trying to say something using mix of words in different languages? Can it be fixed? But anyway, my top 10 are: 10. I get to live in a land of the midnight sun, one of the most beautiful countries on this planet. He shares all the household chores. Boys are taught these things from an early age 6. I am experiencing a new culture, as quirky as it is at times. I get to enjoy the 17th of May celebration and the endless summer nights. He treats me as an equal partner. Norway has some of the strongest gender equality policies on earth 2. Despite our mixed cultures, we still share the same core values and are best friends. We live in Canada. Travel, culture, language, adventure are just a few of the things I love about our union. I try not to focus on stereotypes, but a lot of what I love about my hubby are stereotypical things did I just say that? Her English, however, is pretty much that of a native speaker, and an extremely well-educated one at that, so we never have misunderstandings due to language. I love so many things about my husband and his culture. He is a Christian Egyptian, and one of the great things I love about him is that he has a good sense of humor. It surprised me when we first started dating that he was so funny, but now I know that everyone in the Middle East thinks they are a comedian. I love that someone from a more conservative background so willingly married an American feminist. I married a Colombian, who is of Christian Arab decent. I not only got to know 1 culture, but 2. Mediterranean food is to die for! My Spanish has improved immensely. And our children are bi-lingual. He says they sound the same. Also, myself, and my kids have a World View, instead of just American. In no particular order and many have been said before: 1. He knows more about tulips and art than any other man I know. He speaks and reads in 7 languages. I can always say in job interviews I have hands-on experience with multi-cultural situations. Just about anywhere in Europe, he can manage to understand the answer when he asks for directions which he always wants to do! I have a great excuse for not moving back to the U. I have been fighting for years to be taken seriously as a multiculturalist because I have married into another culture. This should be right up there with other reasons for accessing a culture, such as being born on a military base abroad, having parents in the Peace Corps or being the child of immigrants. It has taken me a longer time to be accepted as multiculturally competent than if I had been born into another culture. We have the advantage of having chosen our culture, much like the convert to another faith who espouses the new religion wholeheartedly. I am thankful for our family, but I would never recommend it! I feel like a foreigner in Finland and the US now. On the other hand, I wonder what I would feel like had I not done the things I did and married the man I did. Maybe it is all just part of growing up and growing older? You raised a very sensitive topic for me as well. And even he is not able to do anything, unless my parents decide some day to move and live with us, which is a very very difficult task. So we shall just follow the stream, as we ourselves chose this way of multicultural marriage. I met her online. We shared all about each other and we want to marry with a year. We are in love and enjoy all about each other. We had planned for her to come to US in September and stay 6 months on her visa. THen we would go back to Hungary for a while too. She told her parents about us last week and they are mad at her. They think she is crazy for leaving them and going to live with a man in US. She is upset that her parents will not talk to her, until she comes to her senses. What should I tell my love? How can i help her so far away. I found this was a really dim-witted comment. I do not understand how you came to the conclusion that she was trying to argue anything. Even speaking a different language makes me more confident. And I really like observing the way people of other cultures communicate. A Russian will hardly ever tell you a compliment, while Americans, Brits and Chinese do it so easily -- it fascinates me. Marrying a foreigner is just like anyone else--it is their inner qualities that are most important. It is also not like anyone else because of the extra patience and significant challenges required. Your post seems to be encouraging people to marry a foreigner for what are really quite shallow reasons that essentialize foreigners. I think many of your reasons are quite poor, actually. But it took him a long time to let go of that opinion. Not really a good building block for a marriage, is it? Ok on this one, but it is indeed a dual-edge sword. I am American and my wife Taiwanese. We must travel to the U. It can end up being very expensive for one side of the family if the responsible party in each different culture is the same person. Goods from other countries that your partner really needs? I would offer more advice here. Language is an issue for us, but since we are both very patient, we get through just fine. This one is not really specific to marrying a foreigner, so yeah. I agree most of the points on the list are quite shallow and simplified. I too am married to a foreigner Turkish and although it is great, it is not easy! I wish someone had offered more realistic advice to me before I married, to be better equipped to handle these challenges. How successful the marriage is also very much depends on circumstances, where you live, education levels, language, financial situation, cultural values, your work, etc. You may marry a foreigner but both of you live in the US and maybe even their family is there too or you may marry a foreigner who lives far away requiring you to move and sacrifice your work and life or you may marry a foreigner whose personal, cultural and religious values may not coincide with yours. Not something for the weak! This post, however, is not that kind of post. This one is meant to be read with humor and fun. It is focusing on the enjoyable, silly bits of international marriage and was never meant to be the kind of serious post that you are speaking of. One you might enjoy instead is this one:. This one is a tongue-in-cheek bit of humor about the silly side of it all. And in the whole scheme of things, I believe that a little bit of humor now and then is necessary! I should mention that what drew me to this site was an article about multilingual learning. One of the clickable links articles on the right column was this one, so this is essentially my introduction to the website. I think what is somewhat disturbing and Soberana and I have problems with is that this post looks…well, like the serious thoughts of someone about marrying a 4NR. If it is a tongue-in-cheek look at it, it really should be more clear. It really ought to be better introduced as humorous, because it is so misleading. Given that 50% of marriages in the US fail, and the higher demands of a multi-cultural marriage, I HIGHLY recommend anyone THOROUGHLY look at what happens if it goes bad with children. It has been a nightmare for me, and I know far too many with multi-cultural kids in the same boat. At least then if the ugliness happens, at least you will be better prepared to deal with it. In culturally Chinese countries, for example, the woman marries out of her family, and is considered a legal part of her husbands family. This leads to more cases of mothers kidnapping their children in the case impending divorce. As long as I can provide well enough for them, they are unquestionably mine in the case of divorce. The more you know, the better. We currently live in Venezuela. Here are my top 10 reasons: 10. Two weddings we really had them 9. Our daughter is already tri-lingual at age 3. He is really smart. He gives me an opportunity to travel the world and live in different cultures. An intercultural and interracial marriage gets never boring. Because we are an interesting family. I enjoy to learn languages. The very best reason to marry a foreigner is life never stops being interesting. We have so much in common, yet so much different all at the same time. This keeps things challenging and entertaining. Our biggest issues involve cuisine! And our three kids are not some cute biracial babies, they are our children. Not to mention that baby-cuteness is probably not the best foundation for a relationship. Whilst I appreciate that 10 reasons to marry a foreigner is supposed to be amusing, it is a little unrealistic and shallow to my mind. I think there is no reason to marry a foreigner, other than they are the person who you want to spend the rest of your life with. However, marriage is never to be entered into without due consideration, and when you will have misunderstandings between you because of language and culture in addition to the usual problems every couple face -- well, I say it is a step to be taken soberly! I married him because of who he is though, not what he is! Tall-er, dark, and handsome! Respectful -- aka old fashioned family values 6. Funny use of English phrases 5. The most beautiful child ren. Bilingual child ren 2. Love at first sight -- at least during first date! We live in the USA, been married for almost 11 years and can only communicate in English. We are very happy to have found each other, he is my soulmate. I love Persian food, even more than my own now. Even though we are both USA citizens, I feel half persian and he feels half Venezuelan. My family is his family but sadly he lost contact with his persian relatives when he left his home country. Many Persian friends tell me the success of my marriage is the fact my persian in-laws are not in the picture -lol. I would give anything for my hubby to reconnect with them. After reading all the interesting comments on this fun topic, I realized that many of the commentators and readers of this blog are Lovepats. This decision can add incredible joy and enrichment to our relationships and our lives, as well as complexity and challenges. I have created a survey to better understand Lovepats, their experiences and their needs. Results from this survey will shine a light on this understudied group and to better support Lovepats in finding the balance necessary for a fulfilling life. If you are a Lovepat, please take 10-15 minutes to have your say by filling out our survey. You will find the link on the Forum page, or here below. It will give you a chance to look at the life-changing decision you made and reflect on how it has affected your relationships, your family, your career, and your life in general. Thanks so much in advance! But knowing what i know now, having experienced 11 years in Asia, giving up on my dreams, would i do it again? Would i marry him again? NO Would i come to live in Taiwan? Marriage is tough enough without adding the cross cultural thing. I would marry a French man or at least a Western man. The cultural differences would be minor. So marry someone because you love them, yes, because they are foreign, no. I grew up in Singapore, where mixed marriages between expatriates and locals were common, as were Eurasian children, but some relationships were less successful than others. Let me share with you all my love story with a Romanian girl here. We are two different personality but we are magnetically attached with each other. We both have different culture , tradition , language , Life style etc. We have Incredible Love story. I met with her on Facebook since 1 year ago. One more interesting things is that I just love her Funny Accent. Please join me in my Happiness. Hats off to all Incredible Lovers. Love you All ~~!! Love you My Foreigner Girlfriend. What a great decision we have made! Funny enough, one of my sister is marrid to German guy and my parents have three son-in-lows from different countries. When I was studying highschool in America, I learned Espanhol and now, living in Australia with my White Australian girlfriend. She is trying her best to learn all the language that I am speaking, beginning with Mandarin and Spanish which is easier. We hope to raise multilingual kids together. Eu sou a Macaenese, Eu cresci em Macao e Hong Kong, passando por um educacao trilingue em Chinese, Portuguese e Ingles. Quando eu foi estudando colegio em EUA, eu aprendi Espanhol e agora, vivando na Australia com meu Namorada de Branco Australiana. Ela e tentendo o seu melhor aprender toda a linguagem que eu sou falando, iniciar com Mandarim e Esphanol que a mais facil. Esperamos aumentar criancas multilingual juntos. My family love him!!! And his family love me as well!!! He sees me as the most beautiful girl in the world! Its so awsome that when we have kids they will speak 3 languages!! My dad cried a lot when i moved away and my nephews always call me on skype so i feel close to home. I show my man everything about my culture and traditions and he does the same with me. We have been to visit each other 6 times in the past year. We are planning to marry sometime this year. He is the kindest male I have ever met. I am unsure about how my family will repsond to this relationship because they have not met him yet. But, I am sure if he makes me happy that they will grow to love him also. Yes, his accent is adorable he is fluent in 6 languages but I was most attracted to how kind he is to everyone he encounters. Anyone considering intercultural marriage should really think long and hard about it. Sure, a German marrying another European might sound exotic, but that is really all the same basic culture. Try it with another COMPLETELY different culture--No way! When someone says something in the US, you pretty much presume it is the truth. They are mostly Muslim. Do you begin to see some problems here? Adultery is the National Pastime in W. He will walk the walk and talk the talk about being faithful and honest and generous, but it is a total scam. I would never repeat my experience. There are numerous countries and cultures in that region. And the 20 some odd countries there are not all the same, not at all. I am deeply and unmistakenly in love with my forerign honey,yes, however , we are not married but long to be. I am American he is Jamaican and I find it hard for us to be together with todays economy. Yet andstillour love stands strong. I met him in December 2010 and we have kept our longdistanced relationship going. I have visited a couple of spaced out times, but am greedy for more. To love someone and not have the ability to be near them is the pits, I can tell u. Has anyone experienced this? How did u get through it? Of course these are a joke. Anyone married can find 10 reasons, specific to their spouse, to love them. Adding a second culture, language, or birth country just adds a whole new level of…unique. I think everyone here adores their significant other…and everything that makes them unique. The best things about being with a Mexican is heis extremely family oriented. He is very hard working and provide for his family. I get to learn Spanish and not have to pay a tutor. He finds me attractive. Hes very giving maybe too giving. Raised to be respectful. You meet online, go visit a couple of times, and then bring her over. It IS incredibly worthwhile though and I could kick myself for not doing it sooner. Next day before he left we met at the airport kissed and exchanged contacts. We write each other e-mails talking about life, things we like and aspirations. Now every time I sign in my gmail I look forward to something. I catch myself smiling like and idiot all the time. I look forward to the day we meet again. However, this is what makes our relations so special, at least we always feel special. I had opportunity to shift to another country. I get thrilled of one thought that my husband is Indian! I LOVE when I hear him speaking Russian, with that cute accent! My parents visited India too, which they would have never done in their life time. About charming family -- can I borrow it? Our children will speak at least 3 languages hopefully, my native too already in their early ages. Yearly trip to my parents is always like vacations for us. Im been with my german boyfriend for long now and im asian filipina ,1 reason i fell inlove with him since we seen each other through chat are beinh handsome. Of course the culture indeed 1 aspect that we need to be love as we what we accept of being someone you love and share life to and its great things we both have same religion and family oriented. We both hope that our relationship Also be successful as like others have foreign beloved. Totally everything that I need on my way to my international marriage. FI and I will get married June of next year. I think marrying a foreigner is the most exciting decision I could make. I get to learn a lot from my FI and vice versa. Again, thank you Corey! I married a wonderful polish woman. Our cultures entwined into one culture in our home, and I love that. It feels so gRRRReat to know I am not a fool! Thanks god for the internet!!! S citizen, raised in the Netherlands, married to a Japanese. I can say that an international marriage can be at times a challenge. We lived in Japan, the Netherlands, the UK and now in California. Japanese culture is quite different then for example western cultures. You have to work hard to understand each other cultures to make a relationship work. While searching for how international marriage is going around the world, I found your blog! We are from two exactly opposite cultures and now doing our best to make our marriage!! I got some encouragement from yours and I should write my own list about it too! And as we were both foreigners we felt really proud to share our culture with each other. I believe the mix of cultures makes the relationship fun and sometimes complement one another. We just celebrated in March our first anniversary together in person! We met online, fell in love, fought tooth and nail to stay together, finally met after FOUR years of knowing each other and I moved here to be with him just before our fifth year together. The next step is trying to figure out how to move him to the USA. Any advice would be appreciated! This 3yrs been the most amazing yrs of my life full of much love and hapiness- The way that he loves me kills me of happiness and peace. I just love him so much impossible to find a man like that in america. Then number 3 confirmed it to me. I too regret leaving my home and being able to be close to my family. It is very hard not being able to take part in family celebrations etc. I do enjoy being able to open extra doors for my kids by making it possible for them to have dual citizenship, be bilingual and bicultural -- what an enrichment and gift! Since the German culture and the US culture are very different in many ways, but also close in others, the cultural richness is not as significant as with some other cultures, but definitely worth experiencing. At least not until now. Well, I still have hope to meet a foreigner that catches my heart and never let me go! I am Chinese and I am getting married to my fiance who is half American and half Turkish in couple months. We are both undergrad students studying in Ameircan college. I am very excited to spend the rest of my life with him! He opened my eyes to his culture and I fell in love with Turkish food as well! He also like my culture and is able to speak some mandarian. I want him to learn Cantonese cuz my first language is cantonese but it seems way harder for him to learn than mandarian. We sometime do have problems regarding on culture value and language barrier but we love each other very much so we accepted each others differences and decided to spend our lives together. I am very excited for our weddings. We are planning on have a small one in America and two big ones in china and Turkey! You marry people because you love them for them not their nationality. People are people no matter where you are and where you come from. The way you write about these people who are your partners, People you supposedly love and respect, like they are commodities and not people. It is degrading and objectifying. Whenever one enters into a lifelong contract, you must follow your heart AND your head…and keep a sense of humor. I could have written a very similar list had I married someone with exactly the same heritage as me. I love my husband for all of the reasons I listed, plus a million more. The fact that he can help me raise my children to be comfortable in both American AND Hong Kong culture is just icing on the cake. Marriage IS self-indulgent -- how else could I justify tying my best friend to me for life, with a legally binding contract?! I wish you all the best, and hope you will not view those who have commented here too negatively. I first commented in the thread in 2010, and have loved reading most of the comments since then. And this is what multicultural couples never lack -- sense of humor! So wishing you the same! I wanted to make him visit my country this summer, but his visa application got denied…. Praying for a better future, and thanks for the inspiration. I plan to meet my Iranian soul mate have been talking as friends for 7 years on fb and by phone -last 2 years have been serious there in the following month to come. I am a Mexican American muslim convert who lives in USA and he lives in Iran. We want to marry but have no idea about legal procedures or even where to start on that. If anyone has any advice on how to regarding the legal matters , please let me know…Im not getting any younger and neither is he.. We are praying to make a life together. This was a very inspiring post for me. I see that you guys also facing same issues as all mixed couples do, especially if you both live in different countries. First of all, you shall collect information from the internet and from the offices themselves about legal marriage procedures in your country and Iran. However I feel that getting married in America will be much easier than in Iran. Like a neutral territory. You shall confirm what all documents you need to obtain to file your request in marriage office. You might various papers like affidavit that you and your fiancee are not married in your countries of origin. May be address proof, your passports, etc. Just ask local marriage offices. Hope it was of any help! I do now start to realize how american ppl see french ppl in a good and bad way and how they see the country france. Most of the time, when i tell ppl that im french, ppl are all happy and surprised and soo curious. Having two Weddings only had one yet 3. Family that lives in London. Our son that learns 2 Languages from Birth. Having my own Mr. How cute he sounds when he talks German 7. We both went trough a tough time in our Relationship due the distance and we made it. Getting to know a diffrent lifestyle. He is my Rock n the Sea my True Love, he makes me smile everyday and is not only my Husband he is also my Best Friend. Lately I met a Scottish guy at we clicked immediately. We both have feelings for each other but we both have a big problem. But on the other side I have strong feelings for him. Really Confused as tried to stop contact him several time but it was unsuccessful. Once went to a fortune teller and told me that was going to meet a foreigner, she told me that he was going to be really in love with me and he was going to spend time time coming and going. I need some help please, thanks. We met and spoke over the internet for months and I went there for 3 months to be sure I wanted him and that he wanted me. It was the best time of my life. Romanticism, gentlemanly behavior and deep kindness is still alive and well in Romania! I thank God for him. Please wish us luck! And to all of you as well. Some of my reasons… 1. We have different ways of expressing things, that can generate misunderstandings, because sometimes we think that our ideas are more different that what they really are, or one of us can find harmful how the other expresses them, for example, but with some extra talk and patience we understand at the end, and we learn a bit more about the other each time what simplifies things next time. I think in the long term this is positive. We have to deal with a slightly different set of values, despite we have the same religious background and I think that makes things easier, it is still sometimes difficult to agree on things that are important. I do not think this is negative, because it help us to try to become more flexible and understanding, but it is quite a lot of effort. We try to be positive thinking that for our offspring is not just hard the situation learning so many languages and having the family away , but as well gives her the opportunity to learn so much about others and herself, and to have some other kind of family with the people she is in contact with here. We help to destroy some myths about our nationalities, in our case, people expects I will be funnier and he will be more organized and punctual, and it is the other way around. And it can sound kind of funny, but it is not always nice people label you for your nationality, so we are happy to help to avoid this. The fact that we are both foreigners living in a third country help us to feel stronger as a couple, nobody is loosing more than the other about being social with friends and family, or having to deal alone with a foreign language, for example. Well, I think I will finish here… I think the summary is that being married to a foreigner is in some ways harder dealing with different sets of values, habits, ways of communicate , but it can, as well be, a very rewarding experience, because you might need to become more open minded an flexible and you can learn about a culture, country, language,… in a way that it would be difficult to get if you were not together with your partner. I am sorry about my English! I am from Algeria and he is from Germany, we met on Skype 6 years ago and decided to meet last year, it was the most happiest moment of my life, he was completely different from all men I knew in my country, so kind, so gentleman, smart, generous…etc I would not stop if I continue. We had a difficult moment then when my visa request was refused, we knew that its going to take longer time to us to be together in same home in his country you should add to reasons not to marry a foreigner. I am German married to an English man living in the UK, so I guess my husband is the lucky one married to a foreigner! And there are no prouder moments in my life when my 2 year old comes out with words in both languages! Keep the great website going please! I am fromhungary my hubby is from pakistan and i live in the uk and hopefully he comes asap he get visa. We got married in lakistan 14 months ago. I know urdu already and he also tries to learn hungarian. Inshallah our kids will speak urdu hungarian and english which is so exciting. Its really a blessing. Its very interesting to see how he adopted her culture. Even though she misses her other daughter and extended family, and also has to gibe up some of her culture, its very nice to know that my granddad kinda became Thai too. Its also interesting to know that their daughter in america my ma turned out so american. I think asian-ness may skip generations, especially in the spicy food department. I was in a relationship with a Chinese man who was born in VN. I thought we would have a romantic wedding party but then he left to Australia to study abroad and he s too busy to connect with me every day and we broke up. After reading this I still hope I can marry a foreigner. We can tell each other about our hometowns also. I wish we had gotten married there but now hearing perhaps things would go better if we do the 90 fiance visa. And when I can learn some of the language. I am totally into marrying a foreign girl one day. I am living in Switzerland and most of my girlfriends have been from different countries. There is just something magic about being with a foreigner, right? I have just seen that you also have an article about the disadvantages of being engaged in a relationship with a foreigner. I will have a look at that one now and I will let you know what I think about it! Thank you for taking the time to write all these lovely blog posts! The marriage was difficult as her attention was always to her children and they tried to keep us apart. We got divorced and now are good friends and the relationship is better. The comments appear naive as there are many who are not sincere. I think you should read the reasons for not marrying. You have to give the relationship at least 2 years before a marriage. However both of you have put in all the effort to make it work, because you believe in each other. The foundation has already been set for a lifetime of marital bliss. You learn to speak a foreign language. You get out of your comfort zone because you have to show up for yourself in a foreign land. PERSONAL GROWTH like nothing else. Your kids are always the most gorgeous at any given event. Our daughter could be mistaken for Greek, Italian, Mexican, Iranian, Turkish, South American, Cape Coloured. She is really international looking. Confusing people, which is great for building bridges. You learn to be more open and embracing of all cultures. You learn how similiar we all are and not pay attention to things that divide cultures. You are always a hit because you cook exotic dishes. When you visit your country of birth. You are treated like Brad and Angelina Jolie. Dutch men are liberal in their thinking, well organised, decent and completely devoted to their wife and children. We learn to laugh at ourselfves because we see ourselves the way an outsider is observing us. IF you can live in a foreign country, learn the language, culture etc and make a living , then you can do anything you set your mind to do. That can build your self esteem and make you a GO GETTER….. I never d have meet a man like him, so sweet but so manly at the same time, I like men who looks like men, not metrosexual, and I must to confess I though scandinavian men were almost all of them like this, so I was kind of racist about it, thinking a latino it was the most near to the man id like to have, oh my god, I was so away from the real thing. We make food together,,, mmm delicious everybody love our mixes of food, our babygirl speak english, spanish and norwegian already and she is only 3 years. We have a very nice sexual life, he is fire, and i though a white man would be never able to be like this. Actually I was like, not liking white men because all my ignorance about cultures. I am a person who like to learn new things everyday, so, with my husband I do learn a lot of things I never though I would. Now my mind is more open and I have plenty happines with my man. And all the points, 1 to 10 are completly truth. Thanks to share it. Working at Singapore but our family not aware of our relationship. I married the most wonderful woman in the world from Minusinsk Siberia Russia. How we met… Well in the days before skype and yahoo IM we did it the old fashioned way… We used ICQ and We emailed everyday for what felt like forever…lol as well as we called each other every day and I finally met her in September of 2006 I could not believe how amazing she was. She had a 5 year old son. We spent 10 days together, getting to know each other even more this time in person… Getting to know her parents and her son. Learning some of the culture. Going to museums, skiing, shopping, traveling around her native area… It was incredible! Well long story short she made my life complete for a very long time. Please realize communication is key. It makes no difference where you are from… Men and women are still men and women… She grew apart from me toward the end… but I want to reassure that it was still the greatest decision I have ever made. Thank you for being my everything in my life for all these years! Irina Simonds I will always love you! I was inspired by her everyday for 8 years. She was my inspiration. I feel so heartbroken now. All I can say is work work work on your relationship!! I can honestly say that with all my heart. I am the type of guy that will do or try anything to have repaired this marriage. They would think i was crazy! She has even told me that no man on earth would have done the things i did to try to save our marriage! I have been called a fool by my many lifetime friends for hanging in and trying…. She was my soulmate. Our marriage was my greatest achievement but also my greatest failure. I lost my wife, my step son, my family! But if she were to ever find this post… I must include this… Irina please know I will love you for the rest of my life. Baby Girl… For everything. A great marriage, thats all i ever wanted. I am the only person in my entire family to ever be divorced. I dont know what happened betn you two, and probably its best if you keep it yourself. I wont pretend I can give you advise on how to cope up with your pain, coz I know nothing works. I had a similar story and not favorable ending hence, the only thing that I can say is, based on my own experience, rejoice in the fact that the person whom you love so dearly and so purely, is still in this world breathing the same air you do. Feel privileged to have that, coz some would give everything to just have that. My Danish man is the ideal image of a man in America. The language barriers are way fun, too. Brings back bitter sweet memories. I met a man who was from the other side of the world. Sure there were cultural differences but the friendship, connection and the feeling that this person just gets me, were way more powerful. Sadly I lost him due to my own lack of courage. We are still close friends but he has moved on and is now with someone else, a local girl. I really wonder why that is… Like many say, I enjoy the challenge and richness of blending in different cultural influence. But having two weddings? Seriously, there is a lot of work and stress involved. I especially think point 6 is great. The children will often get an additional language for free. It is just such a great thing to grow up bi- or even trilingual. The children learn the additional language in a breeze, while later on they would have a hard time learning it in school. I was blessed and an opportunity lived and learned the language of German as my Dad and my were station in Germany for 22 years never had gone back to the states till 2002. After being a military brat for so long there got the chance to see how it was like with meeting with people, ideas, learning about others cultures and being able to experiences how see what it was like to date. Most say it was quite an experience over there with the many different personalities and beliefs there. When coming back to America lived here for 12 years and observing how dating and marriages in my own culture is very different then it was overseas with both couples was a real culture shock. I know I am very opened minded when it comes to dating a woman no matter what, cultural nationalities, where they are from and understanding a woman is no big problem for me. Class mates always ask me why I am still single it because I notice there are a lot of rules and regulation which seems to be a battlefield when trying to date and marry here in the United States. You always see the media of people getting divorce, spearing and children being either with one or the other which be really sad. Hope when I done with all my goals, career field and following my dreams I get the chance to return to Europe to have those opportunities to explore, build friendships who knows join the club as you people have with all your mates from around the world smiles. Sorry for writing to long. Hope this comment does not make people look down on us single men out there. I was blessed and an opportunity lived and learned the language of German as my Dad were station in Germany for 22 years never had gone back to the states till 2002. After being a military brat for so long there got the chance to see how it was like with meeting with people, ideas, learning about others cultures and being able to experiences how see what it was like to date. Most say it was quite an experience over there with the many different personalities and beliefs there. When coming back to America lived here for 12 years and observing how dating and marriages in my own culture is very different then it was overseas with both couples was a real culture shock. Class mates always ask me why I am still single it because I notice there are a lot of rules and regulation which seems to be a battlefield when trying to date and marry here in the United States. You always see the media of people getting divorce, spearing and children being either with one or the other which is really sad. Hope when I done with all my goals, career field and following my dreams I get the chance to return to Europe to have those opportunities to explore, build friendships who knows join the club as you people have with all your mates from around the world smiles. Sorry for writing to long. Hope this comment does not make people look down on us single men out there. We did have a nice little reception party with about 10 people back in the States. This marriage is just beginning but it is the most passionate, exciting and completely different from anything I had ever heard of. I love when he speaks in his native language it drives me to want to learn more. And he has mastered speaking Spanish. We travel the world and experience life to its fullest. I love the dedication and respect he shows his parents. I have found being his wife the best decision I ever made. I know this all to well. She is not even close with her mom but she is close with her father. I sent her and her son home back to Russia as often as they wanted to go so they could visit family but Nothing seemed to help. She became depressed… And then… Well, a story for another time… You need to be strong and follow your heart. But trust your instinct. Your family will always be your family. Being married to a foreigner was the greatest and now the hardest experience of my life… For so many reasons… Oh if people really knew my story… Please search your true feelings. Please be careful because only you can make this choice. It is a life altering decision. You will make the right choice. I am in the same situation as Anna. I love a man from uk, but i know my parent will be very sad. They want me to stay close to them. And actually i wish to look after them too. My boyfriend would not move to my country and i am the one who are more flexible to move around. I love him, and it has been five years i didnt have such feeling on other people. We seldom meet, currently in long distance relationship. I am planning to go to his country next month so that we can know each other more before getting married. But i dont know how to announce this heartbreaking news to my parent.. It seems like for your experience marrying one was more difficult. For me , it was indeed difficult but managed with agreement and planning with my husband. In budgetting our money and saving for trips when we want to go to other countries. As for having children, we didnt plan one of our own anymore as he had 2 kids from previous marriage. We are happy of just us and kids coming to our home on the weekends. They are like any other superficial feeling most young people have when they fall in love and later on realize that these are not sustainable. In other words you get used to, to them and they become the very reason you get angry with your partner. What I am trying to get to is that those reasons are really not something you should marry someone from a different culture. The reason you should marry is that when you have a bad day and you look at your partner and the only thing that comes to your mind is not that she is blonde, has a different culture or a cute accent, but that she is in your life. And that feeling makes you look at the differences and say that they are nothing compared to the similarities that we have. Differences and similarities are every where, even in the person grown in your very own neighborhood, but it all depends on what you are looking at difference or similarity. All relationships need work, no exceptions and there are no guarantees, but how much you are willing to work and for how long depends on what that relationship means to you. In the end, marry someone for the right reasons. But it never gets boring. That itself is a plus in a marriage. Also, some of these issues can be discussed upfront with your partner before marriage, e. Amy at a discussion forum for international couples. If TV is to be believed, in middle eastern countries the wife becomes a virtual slave to the mother-in-law and the family. It also looks like they have to keep their mouths shut. With my husband his mother was always much more important than me. Thank God she only lived with us a few months two different times because he drove me nuts. She was a nice woman. I got along with her quite well. Otherwise Chinese make great husbands! We wish have kids together and grown up them knowing English, portuguese And Farsi And specially with love and respect which is the most important. By the way I love persian food and their culture. I have been absent from here for a while with starting my new website. If I can just help people find what I did. What I had… It will be all worth it! There is no more special feeling than being with someone you truly love and have them love you back in the same way. Two hearts beating as one… If you truly love this man. It will all work out. Your parents will understand. Has he met them? Do they know your in a relationship with this man? Trust me, I know all to well that fact. I know if it is meant to be, it will be. I can work anywhere in the world because my qualifications can help me to. And more reasons and details So this is a part of my experience till now. I got married in early age then had 2 years marriage then got separated coz that guy was not good at all after getting separate I was in depression for one and half year then I started my study again and did some professional diploma and got job in Mumbai after having great experience in Mumbai I moved to Arunachal Pradesh and now working here. From last few months m chatting with guy from Australia and now he proposed me for marriage and we both love eachothher so much. He is going to visit my family in few weeks and want to take me with him. About him if I say then he is Australian guy have work in U. And he was married too and he has a beautiful daughter. I m in love with him totally and he loves me too alot. His mother and his daughter knows about me and they are exited about me but from my side thing are different and I m sure difficult too coz my family is totally different they have different mind set for marriage and they ha e never imagined that I will choose someone from other cultures and country and if I go with that then this will be first love marriage in my hole family ever happened. In out society a girl should be at home at should do household work only. They are are not allowed to work or much study. But I have crossed all the lines already and now I love this guy from Australia and he is very nice. And what will be the legal proses for our marriage…. Life is a beautiful journey of love, learning and laughs. She is more than i could expect from any woman. We have true love, and we always just naturally work at it. When we met online, we both wanted marriage, so it was like planting a love seed. We nurtured the little seed, and could feel it growing. When we first met, it was like a dream come true. I like the different cultures we have. I pick up on her different ways, and combine her best with mine. She does the same by using some Western culture with her amazing Eastern culture. I think it is a double whammy of good. Also, i get to eat Western and Chinese food. I had so much fun reading it. I am an American woman who is retired. I have met and fallen in love with a man who lives in Belguim. We plan to be married this coming Summer. I will sell my home and all in it and will move. I am not interested in material things any longer. I can leave all I have behind. Never in my life did I think at my age, I would fall in love. Now that I have, all I can think about is being with Claude. He is the most wonderful man I have ever met in my entire life. We have a serious challenge. He speaks very little English. However, we both feel that we can accomplish anything and we will. I have been busy reading about all the laws concerning me moving there. I also am looking at what it will be like to live in Belguim. People may think I am nuts and I very well may be but I only want to feel loved and to love someone deserving of me. Yes, I said that. More American women need to learn that word. Personally, I feel that God brought us together after many years of prayer. I can look back over the last 12 years and see how He has put things into place for us to be together. It is truly amazing. I wish all of the ladies on here happiness with your husbands for the rest of your lives. May God bless you all. I have no clue how to even begin. We have been doing long distance for over a year now and want to be together. We are both 28 years old and ready to start a life together. Does she travel Usa with me. Or do I give up what I love in a career to be with her? She is successful in her own right. She owns her own business. But today things became more serious. We found out that she is also sick. I want to take her to cancer treatment of America in Dallas but her insurance only covers Mexico. My heart is breaking right now. But how can I do this in quick enough process to help her? Does anyone know where I could marry her that would legally notice us and how long would it take before they would recognize her as a citizen and I could put her on my insurance. Anyone that could offer me any advice on what to do or the steps of what to do and how long or slow this process will be? I appreciate any help. As of right now I have been talking to a very sweet beautiful women from Indonesia for 4 months now. We have not yet met in person, but based on our video and texting I feel we have a strong connection. Still I worry what would happen if we were to marry and we have to decide where we would stay permanently. I never imagined him as my boyfriend, as the man with whom spending the life. It happened in a very unexpected way.

The New York Times. And, after introducing people, don't meddle. This one is a del-in-cheek bit of humor about the silly side of it all. You always see the media of people getting divorce, spearing and children being either with one or the other which be really sad. I do enjoy being able to open extra doors for my kids by making it glad for them to have dual citizenship, be bilingual and bicultural -- what an enrichment and gift. We know how to put in hard work into the relationship even when it gets hard because it is no worse than running a race. While some of what happens on a solo is guided by an understanding of basic, unspoken rules, there is considerable room to experiment, and there are numerous sources of advice available.

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