I am a European (Irish) Catholic and my fiance is an Indian (Hyderabad) Hindu and we are very very very happy. Thankfully we've never faced any prejudice from anyone but initially both sides of the family were a little bit hesitant.
My parents said 'what if his family find a nice Indian girl for him and then he'll leave you and break your heart'
His parents said 'European girls aren't the same as Indian girls, what if she runs away with another man and doesn't take marriage seriously'.
But all that matters is us. I've never loved or been loved like this in my life and I LOVE the differences between us. I LOVE the way he is a gentle, softly-spoken vegetarian, who respects his parents and doesn't drink, smoke, swear, the way he has respect for women and...
his cute accent... I LOVE learning Telugu and Hindi and studying Indian Culture and we both feel this is a match made in heaven, we were meant to be together.Thankfully now, both sides of the family are happy.
His parents said 'you're a grown man and we respect your decision, if you love her, we love her'
My parens said 'if he treats you right and you love him then we're happy and we accept him into the family.
But I read things where people say that 'mixed' relationships don't work and it makes me quite sad at times to think that people think of us as a 'mixed' relationship. Surely ALL marriages are mixed, regardless of culture, skin-colour or language? A marriage is a mix of two people after all?
What are your thoughts I wonder?
in my own family there is an instance of a cross cultural "international" marriage and it is successful!
