Re: Mixed Marriage
you should never change who you are and your identity.. what will your kids learn? iA when you guys have your own family, teach your kids to be proud of their pakistani and bengali roots. heres how it is in my family:
- my mom was born in dhaka (before the partition) and lived there for 15 years. she is not bengali but she speaks the language fluently and is so proud of it. none of my khalas remember it and they soo wish they could.
- my fiance’s family’s last name is bengali and they are actually pakistani memons.. so i can understand what you’re thinking because a few people assumed him to be bengali and kinda looked down upon it along with throwing out the whole fish comment. now obviously they shut up when we told them that they are pakistanis with just a different last name but i dont understand why his nationality should matter? even if he was bengali, what matters more is that we are happy and together, right?
- my dad is indian and partially arab so i consider myself to be paki-indian-arab. my extended family likes to give me trouble since i am not a 100% pure pakistani like them but i am content with being who i am, why should i care?
in pakistan, bengalis are looked down upon because they have servants who belong to that region. but what’s interesting is that a bengali friend of mine was telling me how her grandparents have pakistani naukars in bangladesh, and over there they look down upon us. regardless of all that, noone is superior than the other whether you are indian, pakistani or bengali- relax and just be yourself when you meet his family. let them see the kind of person you are.. not how much you try to be a pakistani. it will definitely work out for you iA, all the best.
p.s- why is it looked down upon to eat fish? 
i love fish and eat it all the time.