You first met, out of from different cultures, you probably speak different languages and have different cultural background. You fell in love, met her parents and now you are wondering whether it is still common or required to ask for her family’s blessing. Asking for a parent’s blessing was once considered a standard procedure, a [...]
As part of “your stories”, a journey into the universe of international couples, we interviewed Lana Penrose, bestselling author of “To Hellas and Back”. Australian and Greek: a complicated recipe? I don’t believe an Australian and Greek combination is any trickier than other amalgamations. When individuals within a couple who hail from different backgrounds discover [...]
Love can be tough, cruel. International love, on the other hand, is definitely cruel! Why would I say that? Well, to start with when an ordinary couple meet chances are equal that they may end up living in the same city or country, or at least that’s not decided yet. When two persons from different [...]
Amongst the jungle of books and volumes about multilingualism and bilingualism, we read the volume written by Annika Bourgogne “Be Bilingual, Practical Ideas For Multilingual Families”. If you are looking for an off-the-beaten-track book written on this topic, then you should give “Be Bilingual, Practical Ideas For Multilingual Families” a try. A fresh and an [...]
No matter what your Faith or Creed is, Christmas is a time that is considered, pretty much anywhere in Europe, as a family period and as a moment to get together with your beloved ones. As it happens with those family spread across countries, international couples are faced with a dilemma: where to spend the [...]
Being an international/interracial couple affects not only the couple itself but their parents and families also. If you are international newbies, you have probably not realized it yet but your relationship or marriage is going to affect the in-laws deeply, sometimes more than they would have desired. Now, if you are reading this post, then [...]
Hi guys, this is an interview which we published some time ago. Now that our readers are growing in number, we are publishing it again. Enjoy! At some stage, an international relationship involves a long-distance phase. Distance, in its many forms, represents a constant fear factor for the vast majority of international couples. It might [...]
Couples in India are finally figuring out that hours of horoscope-matching sessions followed by measures to correct planetary positions make not a good marriage. Urban educated twenty-somethings of today are ditching the priest’s grass mat and heading to the counselor’s leather couch. Pre-marital counseling, a concept that has so far been alien to Indians, is [...]
Dowry payments are still common in Asian weddings. What happens to your dowry if the marriage breaks down?
How much does the multicultural/international element weigh on a family or couple? Are such couples more likely to develop certain types of issues? Are there any particular therapy techniques and models that are particularly tailored to international couples? Our interview with Therese Bogan, Marriage and Family Therapist.
Life As An International Couple
What is it like dating across countries? Do most international couples have a solid period of time where they are constantly around each other or is it usually a long distance relationship? What advice would you give to a single man or woman interested in starting an international relationship with someone? An interview to us: InternationalCouples
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