Posted on October 9th, 2008 by admin
Ugh, English almost caused our marriage to end! My husband refused to learn English for several years. This baffled my family, made it very hard for my husband to find work, and to be honest–it just really felt unfair to me–not only did I have to work full-time, plus study in the evenings, but I [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by admin
One of THE hardest times of my entire life were the first years of marriage when my husband was unemployed. He was miserable. We were so poor. Each month, I wondered how we would pay the rent! We wanted to have a normal life–a house, a car, new clothes sometimes–nothing special, just normal. But even [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by admin
When my husband and I got married, I worked at a very conservative office in the Washington DC area. That area is so multicultural and full of people from all corners of the world. When you walk down the street, you hear so many languages. I LOVED this aspect of the area.
Yet the moment I [...]
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Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by admin
I am not really sure how to contain all of the issues in one post. Marriages like mine–in which the wife (that’s me) is Western and the husband is from the Middle East or East–will tend to have the most conflict as far as child rearing. This is because even though men from these areas [...]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by admin
I just read an excellent article on obstacles for partners in intercultural marriages. The author is Christine Benlafquih. This article is SO true of the obstacles my husband and I had.
If you are thinking about marrying a person from a culture or country foreign to your own, I strongly recommend reading this article. I wish [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by admin
The answer is NO! My husband and I were married 9 years ago…How time flies. We married at the Justice of the Peace near our house. (Then we married in a church later.) It was such a special day:)
BUT for a while, I was afraid we couldn’t get married! My friends had gone to [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin
My Parents Reacted…Reasonably
I learned a lot about my parents when my husband and I decided to get married.
I am sure they were nervous about his English–because they knew he would have difficulty finding a job (and he sure did). So, I am sure they felt a little panicked wondering how he and I would support [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
Different Countries View Medicine and Doctors Differently–FINE
Ugh. People in different countries have different theories about medicines. In my husband’s country, many people have this WIERD idea that a person should avoid medicine because it weakens the body’s ability to heal itself.
That’s all fine though–my husband can be in pain and refuse to take Tylenol to [...]
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