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@redheadem: I love Italians! They are full of passion, love for their family and celebrate with good food. Whats not to love? This African American girl would marry an Italian! Best wishes.
I thought this would be a popular one! Who else that voted cares to share?
We had different religion/cuture. Because there is a pretty distinct culture difference between Jews and Christians sometimes. And in our wedding you could definately sense it at moments! And certainly in our marriage. But, I love it! We aren't the cookie cutter couple and we couldn't be having more fun with our differences.
@redheadem: I voted "different race and different culture." I'm a Filipina Catholic while my FI is Indian Hindu. I hope our kids won't be too confused, lol
My FI is French and I'm American, although if I don't open my mouth I can pull off looking French!
I'm with you on the food! Meals can last 2 hours...Unless it's Christmas, then it's more around 5! Got to give props to the French and Italians :-)
I'm american and my FI is danish. I'm not too keen on the whole danish culture although they do have that meals that last hours and hours - except instead of delicious italian food, we have 15 varieties of herring and pork. :-/
@Au Jardin: same with me, as long as I don't open my mouth people seem to think I'm danish... :-)
I'm Russian and My DH is Italian. Needless to say there's a lot of eating and drinking between our two families.
I'm hispanic and DH is dutch. Talk about culture shock. He is from presbyterian conservative nothern state.... and I am from shake your booty Puerto Rico. :P hehe. Talk about differences!
I am 1/2 american indian, 1/4 african american and 1/4 PA Dutch/German. My family is mostly christian and its diverse to even include mexican and phillipino.
My FI is 100% Itailan.... and 100% catholic!!!! And a chef
His family is very old world traditional but just like meowkers theres a LOT of eatting between the families!
Several of the traditional meals I dont partake in..but when it comes to pasta and gravy youd think i was itailan too!!
My FI is Irish and I'm Italian, specifically Scilian. We both are 1st generation (both father's came to the US from their home country). My boyfriend is fluent and IN LOVE with Welsh culture because he got his Master's degree there. We are working to incorporate our culture in our food and possibly music (getting an Irish fiddle band for the cocktail reception!).
Our cultures are very similar, which I think is what makes being interracial so much easier. I feel right at home with his family and vice versa!
@redheadem: its pretty bad but I suppose it could be worse. FI could be swedish and then we would have ROTTEN herring as well. yum.
I voted same race, different culture because my FI is from Scotland and I am from Canada. We met in Scotland, and when my visa expired he followed me back to Canada. :)
I always say we're an interracial couple, but technically we're not! I'm white Caucasian, he's Latino, but Latino/Hispanic is not technically a separate race from Caucasian.
We definitely are from different cultures- Mexican-American and American. And we look reallyyyyyyy different too :)
I didn't vote but my sister married a white all-american guy and we are Mexican. I'm not the one in the relationship but I have to say that taking him into our family has been really ineresting because were are soooo Mexican haha! I don't mean like washed down Mexicans, I mean really Mexicans, we have not lost our culture, and he was a little afraid at the begining but now he even speaks Spanish!
I never actually put too much thought into the fact that my fiance's family, and mine are from different cultures. His family is Primarily Greek and My family is Italian. The cultures are pretty similar so we don't have trouble fitting in. My family just tends to be much louder. lol.
I voted different race/different culture. I'm Mexican-American, but didn't grow up very culturally Mexican unfortunately. I really only started getting into my culture as an adult. He's mixed Chinese-Scottish and basically grew up more British with very, very little Chinese culture. I love him, but I still find it hilarious that he doesn't "get" all the things you can make with a tortilla!
He's Haitian and I'm a white American. Our cultures are pretty different, but our Christian faith united us from the beginning.
I didn't vote since I'm kinda in between categories! I'm black, he's white.....we're both Jewish. I'm modern orthodox. He's reform.
He doesn't share the black experience or the religious experience. It's funny, because I never think in terms of interracial, but our religious differences are so huge that I sometimes feel I'm in an interfaith relationship!
FI is Polish and Yugoslavian. His family has been here a long time though. He is 3rd generation American. His dad is Catholic and he was raised Catholic, but his mom is Jewish and tried to instill her faith in him as well. At this point he's agnostic.
My family is Spanish/Italian/Portugese and I am 1st generation. I was raised Catholic but gave up on the church in high school after my first love died. Now I am an atheist.
He tries to speak Spanish with my mom and I learned how to make Matzah ball soup for his mother.
FI is American/Canadian but his families origins are near imposible to figure out. I am French Canadian with a little of everything in my past.
FI is 100% Polish, 1st generation. I'm half 1st generation Cuban (my mom was born in Havana) and half a mix of British French and German. FI was raised Catholic, I was raised sorta kinda Protestant of all types.
We're very different, culturally, but I think by virtue of both of us being first-generation Americans, we have a similar outlook on things. We both were raised with the fruits of our parents' hard work and determination to come to a whole 'nother country and start a new life. So I think that bridges a lot of gaps.
I voted Diffrent race diffrent Culture. Im an Italian, Catholic and my Fiance is a African american, Babtist lol
FI is 50% Black and 50% White, while I'm 50% Asian and 50% White. Culturally, we're similar in a lot of ways, though.
This is a great poll! I'm Lebanese/German/Hungarian and FI is Irish Catholic/Scottish/German. We were raised in the same town so our "backgrounds" are very, very similar, but my huge, super close Lebanese family can be overwhelming for him at times.
I'm American, FI is Greek. He has sooooo many family members, and mine is tiny! Learning all of his traditions is delighful---we don't have that many, so I appreciate his committment to his culture and beliefs. Food, music, and enjoying company are emphasized, and I couldn't dig it more :) Planning on moving to Greece in a few years!
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Who falls into this category? FI and I do!
I'm from a part of Maryland where pretty much everyone is white and no one cares what ethnicity (my public HS was 96% white... yeah). FI is from NYC where culture/ethnicity is everything! I moved to NYC for college, and I felt like everyone was always asking each other what their background is (even though everyone looked white to me?), and I never knew how to respond. It was so weird for me! Anyway, FI is Catholic Italian/Russian, emphasis on the Italian, and I... have no culture to speak of (read: WASP).
I'm just thinking about this because we're about to go out to dinner with his aunt and uncle, and their meals last for hours! I love that this is the family I'm marrying into haha.