just wondering if any members on here are married into other cultures.. for example im a white and native american boy marrying a Laos girl .. starting to plan the wedding and she wants to have the laos ceremoney in the morning and in the afternoon we will have the traditional american wedding and then afterwards have a reception that incoprorates the two.

are there any big issues i might not have thought about that other of you might've run into ?

wedding isnt soon but planning takes a while (soo im told)

 

Bro the only advice i might give would to be incorp. both ceremonies. The only reason I say this is because the both of you will be becoming ONE. If she wants it that way do what ya feel, BUT My belief is that if you have two ceremonies you are still embodying the fact that you two are seperate individuals. With a combined ceremony I believe this is a way to symbolize the fact that yall are combined now. My 2 cents thou. But this is your thing, do what ya feel! Good luck bro

 

i say do just one ceremoy..... the one that cooler. So probably laotian i'd say.

BTW what is "traditional american wedding" i don't think there is such a thing.

 

Dude, feel free to PM me on the subject. I've got a lot of thoughts on the subject, being the first of threeresults from an inter-ethnic/racial ( the racial part is debatable as both are technically caucasian) marriage, while most kids don't pay attention to the goings on in their homes, I did. I think I can give you some firsthandinsight on the subject.

On the topic of the wedding itself, why on Earth would one marry another person wanting separate cermonies for each side of the marriage? That's effed up, any way you look at it. If she or you feel there are some aspects of either ceremony that 50% of the now-extended family won't abide by, what makes you think they will get along so well?

 

Cheap *** wedding followed shortly after by an expensive fugging divorce.

 

OH oh oh oh ! i been to one of those! My step-bro's lol.... lasted 6 months! hahahaha

 

if she is happy, youll be happy. lol. thats how weddings work man.... to tell yall the truth, ive never dated a white girl lol ( im bohemian irish and german, aka white).... banged one once, but that is a different story, back to the subject of inter-racial relationships.... wut ever it is, if the ladys happy with the wedding you will be too. i know not a lot of people will admit it, but it is the womans day, us guys are just dragged along... and if that means shes happy having a laoation (sp?, sorry..) wedding, so be it. guys are there as cerimonial peices and just try not to forget your lines.

 

My Fiance is White (I am half white/half black) and her Girlfriend is Hawaiian

 

the ceremoney for the laos wedding is stricly only family and wedding participants.. no friends or other witnesses.. it involves monks, blessings and such and since we want like alot of our friends to be involved we thought ok have the ceremoney and then a wedding that everyone can be @ ..

 

I think you should do only one like (bboi) said you are comming 1 and I do not think the way to start that out is by doing things both ways. I ahev been married and seperated and that was abig prob for us. We did a lot of things to make both families happy. you have to do what makes you two happy not the familey.

just my 2 cnts