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Old 07-01-2007, 10:48 PM
katyseagull katyseagull is offline
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Default Re: Marrying a Girl From a Different Culture

Yeah, you may have a good point. But I do think the Catholic thing for her was a big cultural difference. I remember her talking about this with me quite a lot.

She told me how she would find herself constantly over at her in-laws house, sitting with his family and struggling to communicate as his mom and dad would keep asking her over and over about going to church with them. She had the impression that they felt she was not trying to assimilate into their culture. And she told me how Luis would say that she had an obligation to make his mom happy. I think she had no idea how to communicate with them that she was not into church and not comfortable attending it. Is that not a cultural difference? Maybe I don't understand what cultural differences are.

But you make a very solid point. It's entirely possible that the divorce had less to do with cultural differences and much more to do with two very incompatible people.
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