Cross Culture Marriage – For Better or Worse

Like countless others, I shall join them when I enter into a Cross Culture Marriage. Apart from heady decisions,  such as deciding on one’s career path, Marriage being a life time commitment, it is laden with a spectrum of challenges. In this instance, Cross Culture marriage will add new challenges to the list.

Understandably, it is going to need a  “give and take” attitude between My Prince and I if we wish to see our Marriage live for better or for worse.

It is beyond my ability to encompass all the kinds of challenges that a Cross Culture marriage will impose itself on either of us. Those who are living the same marriage circumstance, they have the benefit of the experience.

That experience is something that neither My Prince nor I have the advantage. In that respect, I will have to submit to considering what are the known general challenges, to wit:

1. Securing residency in a foreign country

2. Ability to live in a foreign country, different climate and surroundings and not succumbing to homesickness

3. Imbibing the way of life, attitudes and lingo in my second motherland

4. Money and decision-making problems

5. Raising the children with the best of both cultural values

6. Being able to cope with change

7. An ability to stay as open minded as possible

8. Relationship with my parents-in-law and in-laws

9. To be able to rise above the occasion when a Culture shock issue takes hold

10. Last but not least in importance, my health issues.

11. To  try and try again should I falter with any of the above 10 or non-listed issues because there is no turning back.

Now, who is it who  said marriages are made in Heaven? The above says it otherwise. LOL!!!

Nevertheless,  the  challenges that my Prince and I will face as the initial excitement quells, it will have to bring out the best from each of us. With the Grace of God, we will have to rise to each occasion and overcome the challenges as we face them with the same fervor and resoluteness of our Marriage Vow.