Would You Marry Outside Your Culture?

Lifestyle Relationships
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Some of you may have read my other post; regardless, however I feel that this applies to more!

Would you/could you consider marrying outside your own culture if you felt that you just couldn’t find someone from the small pool of Pakistani’s you know?

Or, if you met someone from another culture that you knew was meant for you; would you take the ultimate step?

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Outside my culture, Yes. Outside my religion, no.

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I too wouldn't mind marrying someone outside my culture.

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outside the culture? hmmmmm. well if other culture is also Islamic then i can see.

otherwise not

:)

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Unless the lady has no respect for my culture, I dont see any issues with it.

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Of course.

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Never thought I would, and I did!

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I am :)

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seen people do it , some are sucessful some are not ... such relationships demand a huge level of sacrifice, understanding , ability to accept change etc ...

If both are religious then they should try to ensure they are on the same wavelength religion wise so they wont end up having to compromise on this very important aspect of one's life ..

but if both say they are muslims and dont practice at all .. then it makes little difference really whether they marry a muslim or not or someone from the same culture or not ... ! coz their lives will be driven by their opinions .. and opinions change all the time and can be moulded into anything !

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I would marry outside my culture...not my religion.

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well yes biryani ur right! bcoz u need more time to first of all understand both cultures then to think about how to be used to with them or accept the norms of other culture.

:)

so it needs more sacrifice!

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but there are few marriages which are done in this section!

:)

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knowing whats going on with you...and how desi families are, i think nondesi ppl would be a better options anyways (i knw i m going to hear frm many ppl abt this comment) because i have noticed that non-desi's are more understanding and accepting compared to our desi's families (i knw i m generalizing, but it is 60:40 anyways). and as many have said above...religion is what matter the most.

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Actually i do agree with this ... desi families do tend to be less accepting ..

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I would totally love to. I want a big multicultural family :)

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No , i wouldn't !

**Marriage is a difficult enough institution to work at throwing in a whole new culture would be altogether too trying ! **

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i didnt knw exactly ... bt i gues new culture wil provide u a new life with a beter change in life n style ... n if u ver comfortable thn stay else u hv another option always in ur hand :D

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Jee ye sab kehne ki baatain hain. Its one thing to think that its *romantic *and *exotic *to marry someone outside your culture, and its another to actually spend a whole life with that. Personally I believe that the cultural differences are way too many and I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life trying to *bridge the gap. *Though there are some success stories as well and thumbs up for them, but I still think in general its not a good idea.

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theirs a big difference between CULTURE n RELIGION ..

i think in one country every city has its own cultures but religion is 1*...

i wud marry sum1 n i have married sum1 who is totally opposite of my family/khandan... he talks diff he has diff habits n in a way he is a total opposite of me... but v get along just fyn..... how ... BY Compromising :)

m not complaining here... he keeps me happy n he loves me this is just the ans to ur q of being able to luv sum1 *OUT SIDE UR CIRCLE ..... *

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I glad you opened this thread as I was about to suggest you look into other cultures in your previous thread. Im not saying that other cultures are better/worse than the Pakistani culture ( :D ) I just think it might be interesting to explore other options, especially in terms of acceptance of medical illness. Not that all people are the same, but I have and am having a similar experience to you with regards to the whole 'accepting the illness' marriage thing.

If its right for you, try it.