If you are reading my tips to manage homesickness, you have probably gone through the previous post Are you homesick?
Once you have learned how to recognize homesickness, it is time for the couple to get honest about how they feel about it, talk about it plainly holding back no details. Once you and your partner know what is going on and have the strength to discuss it, you can move on laying down your strategy to manage homesickness, and actually use it for good.
I stress the fact that you and your partner should discuss homesickness. It is absolutely fine to be homesick now and then as long as it is you yourself who manage this condition and not the other way around. If for any reasons this is not happening, then I strongly suggest to ask for a professional help.
Here are the video links that I chose this week from around the web.
What is the European Union doing for us? Well, there are approximately 16 million international couples in the EU and they can now choose which national law to apply to their marriage.
Well, don't worry, it's only tomorrow...so you still have time to think of something in case you forgot it!
I can only imagine how many thousands of words will be written on such occasion and how many bloggers are scratching their heads looking for an original angle not to repeat what everybody will about St. Valentines' day. I'm one of those, at least for today, and I would like to share my views on it.
Apart from the cards, flowers, presents and stuff, I would like to share why I think it is important to celebrate St. Valentine's day.
This week's links are one link really. I would like to share with you the story of Mildred and Richard Loving. To evade the Racial Integrity Act (Rihard Perry Loving was a white man while Mildred Dolores Jeter was of African and Rappahannock Native American descent), they went to Washington DC, married, and returned to Virginia. Unfortunately, once they returned to Virginia, they were charged and arrested since according to same Racial Integrity Act.
Hi! If you have read my previous post On bigots, stereotypes and prejudice you know how subtle bigots can be and how difficult it is to pinpoint those who use sereotypes to judge us. Bigots and ignorant like to throw nonsense while remaining in the crowd. In a way, we've got to give them credit because they are quite good at what they do, which it forces us to adopt definite strategies to face them.
Before carrying on with the list I would like to specify that, with some people, to ignore the habits of your country or of your culture it doen't make them stereotyped person. Sometimes people express remarks on the base of what they think it is true because they may want to help.
Regardless of where they live and of what their background is, many international and interracial couples have encountered prejudice of some sort or have been referred to using stereotypes. In many cases it is the easiest thing to do because many people like to express point of views over things they do not really know.
Other times people cannot get round to it as why someone has found a foreign partner. In other cases, people simply wonder why you are behaving strangely (according to their judgement) and simply find a partner from your community of origin.
If you have read my first post on international baby names, then you know what some of the difficulties are when picking your baby's name. Here is a simple 'how to' list.
Choosing the names for their babies is an important moment for parents. Those of you who have already gone through that phase know how complicated and full of consequnces it can be. International and interracial couples need to pay attention to this process because it is quite easy to get stuck with languages and different versions of names and, if not careful enough, a big mess awaits.
