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 [...]
Dear Readers, ever heard of surrogate grandparents? Here is the story of findagrandparent.org.au. My husband and I originally come from Germany but we live in Sydney since 9 years. We really love this city and therefore decided to start our family here. Sydney is a great place for raising children with many playgrounds, great beaches, [...]
As with other relationships, international relationships are very frisky at the beginning but then routine sets in. If you and your partner or spouse live in the same country or area, then that is fine. But what to do when your partner still lives overseas? The logical solution, in such cases, is to commute. Yes, [...]
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 [...]
Every international couple is, in different ways, affected by distance and, like many frequent travellers, spend a great deal of time in airports. This is an article on how to reduce the stress and the overall hassle of going through airports while waiting to catch your plane or connection. It is tailored to airports but [...]
Dear readers, this is a guest article by The Infertility Couples Association at www.infertilitycouples.org. Women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day severely reduce their chance of success from IVF treatment. Indeed, Danish investigators who followed up almost 4000 IVF and ICSI patients described the adverse impact as “comparable to the detrimental effect [...]
10 hot tips to help couples through a relocation.
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.
The hidden side of culture for which we cannot prepare, like the underwater part of an iceberg. What are the unwritten rules of the game? Ever felt this cultural shock?
What is the burden created by issues like ‘How will be my kids be brought up?’, ‘How much travelling can I handle?’, ‘How will my family react to my relationship?’, ‘How much is it going to cost us?’?
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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