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I was sitting here by my desk at home and decided to start this thread asking; if you love someone and they love you back, in the grand scheme of things or shall I say in the big picture, does it really matter what country they are from? Does it really make any difference at all? My personal feeling is that if you love someone and they love you back(in the same way of course) to want to marry/live with you, it really does not make much difference what country they are from.
Another reason I decided to post this thread is because I have grown up SOO much spiritually that I am more accepting of things, situations and life in general. I try to treat every moment as special.
I know everyone has their preferences as to what kind of life partner they look for. Does it really make you feel more special to know that the love of your life is from a specific country?
No, it shouldn't matter at all. As long as you are aware of each others cultural differences and can respect those and have a great understanding of them BEFORE you marry someone from another country. It's no different than people who marry from different religions.
Sure it does. Proximity is important, and if someone's in another country, they won't be in my proximity.
She said where the person is FROM - indicating he is in the country currently or the intention being they would live together in the same country which with the word 'from' would be the OP's country.
No, it shouldn't matter at all. As long as you are aware of each others cultural differences and can respect those and have a great understanding of them BEFORE you marry someone from another country. It's no different than people who marry from different religions.
I agree with this. The country someone is from is of no importance to me. However, their culture and religion, certainly is. But of course those things would be known to me before I would even consider a relationship in the first place.
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Sure it does. Proximity is important, and if someone's in another country, they won't be in my proximity.
Is the OP asking about a long distance relationship? THAT is a different question altogether.
Sure it does. Proximity is important, and if someone's in another country, they won't be in my proximity.
It wasn't important to my husband and I. It's a shame if you've never known a love so strong, it defies distance. I dread to think what my life would be like right now if I had ruled my husband out because he lived in another country.
If you don't currently live in the same place, one of you is going to have to sacrifice where you currently live so that you end up living together.
Who should be the one to make that move?
EDIT for PA2UK: I did have that kind of relationship--unfortunately she felt differently. She told me she would wait for me while I served in the Navy, but ended up finding someone else in the same town she lived in. I didn't even find anyone else I wanted to be with for seven years.
If you don't currently live in the same place, one of you is going to have to sacrifice where you currently live so that you end up living together.
Who should be the one to make that move?
That totally depends on the individuals, as well as the prospects of living in each country. For my husband and I, we decided to live in England but not permanently - we plan to move back to the US eventually. Our main reason for this choice is because at the time, we had better job prospects in England. Also, his parents are elderly and need his help.
But our cost of living will likely be lower living the US, plus I miss my family so we agreed to eventually move back to the US.
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EDIT for PA2UK: I did have that kind of relationship--unfortunately she felt differently. She told me she would wait for me while I served in the Navy, but ended up finding someone else in the same town she lived in. I didn't even find anyone else I wanted to be with for seven years.
There's no way to know if it matters or not.......until the heat dies down. Then the culture and background begin to make a big difference and one party will have to give in to the other if the differences are great.
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