i am from toronto and recently got married. here is a situation… wen i moved to toronto about 10 yrs back i had school friends but after a while we lost contact bcuz everbody got married etc. so since i came to toronto i just didnt make any friends. so on one day my co-workers were talking about friends and i told them that i dont have any except my husband… now they are after me that i should find a friend ( female friend) that is. and they are telling me join different clubs eg cooking classes etc so i can meet new people. the problem is if i make any friend who is english. we’ll have so much of cultural diff. however i do wanna make friends… what should i do??
so dont make 'english' friends if u care about the cultural diff. ... there are PLENTY of Desis available on every gali n nukkar of toronto, make them friends.
so dont make 'english' friends if u care about the cultural diff. ... there are PLENTY of Desis available on every gali n nukkar of toronto, make them friends.
well the reason i dont wanna make frnds from here cuz even wen i talk to my co-workers i have to first tell them how things are done in our culture and sometimes they do understand and sometimes they just tell me stuff that i wud never do... and i dont wanna make frnds just off the street i dont know abt
you're in toronto right? what area of toronto? the suburbs are usually filled with desis, so even if you do join the classes or whatever, chances are there are usually more desis there than non-desis. your local community center must have some programs of some sorts, where you can go to meet people. also go to your local masjid, and talk to some of the people there. it's a great place to meet people who are not only of your cultural background, but also religion, so that aspect of religion isn't big of a concern either. i know pretty much all the masjids in GTA have iftar programs, and they hold jumas, and have dars classes or whatever, so more oppurtunities for you.
I also moved when i got married but luckily hubs had a lot of friends from the masjid and we started getting together as families and i am friends with their wives. Then i started meeting others in the masjid whose husbands arent regulars (most of the paki community isnt very regular in the masjid) but we kinda started meeting and i have made some good friends this way. Maybe you can do the same through some cooking classes etc.
I also moved when i got married but luckily hubs had a lot of friends from the masjid and we started getting together as families and i am friends with their wives. Then i started meeting others in the masjid whose husbands arent regulars (most of the paki community isnt very regular in the masjid) but we kinda started meeting and i have made some good friends this way. Maybe you can do the same through some cooking classes etc.
i don't go to masjid ... i just pray at home.... my husband has alot of frnds but they are HIS friends ... even with their wives i cant b open about things.
Aman I feel the same way....do u have kids??? I think it is important for kids to meet within desi community. Where I live there is a huge desi community but dont know very many ppl. I am so anti-social
Aman I feel the same way....do u have kids??? I think it is important for kids to meet within desi community. Where I live there is a huge desi community but dont know very many ppl. I am so anti-social
i have only been married for 1 month... so no kids yet.... where i have moved to after getting married its a highly desi populated community. i am not social as wel