Every since I came to the UK , I realized that all british born Pakistani origin families are no longer Pakistani.. they call themselves british , they walk and talk british ... their traditions are western ... even their religion has western influences... Therefore , they are actually living a british culture .. hence its much easier for them to accept mixed marriages ....
however , when i was living in dubai , I remember we were taught a very clear distinction between our pakistani culture/indian culture/arabic culture etc ...
When i went to Paksitan there was further classification.. cultural distinctions between punjabi's/peshawarites/karachi'its etc...
My parents being deep rooted in Pakistan , wanted a punjabi guy for me...
I being deep rooted in Dubai , thought doesnt matter as long as the guy is a pakistani and in the middle east.
and then when i came to the UK , i realized , to people over here nothing matters , I cant stand a british born desi guy for more then 5 minutes ! on the other hand my british born cousin got married recently to a swiss muslim guy ...
I realized they are from the same culture... they may not even have to make the sacrifices .. they both are clueless of their origins, they are both hardly praticising ... they both converse in english ...
so i guess its very much down to where we live , that allow us to take the leap into a different culture ...