Surely its not easy, but I wouldn't call it "problem"... more like "opportunity" to learn about a different culture, and yes, that must be done! You cannot hope everything will be just perfect because 2 people love each-other... if they dont try to understand and learn each-others culture then sooner or later there are going to be problems :))

yes i agree with you:) ofcourse they need to adjust .. both of them! and try to compromise , but it doesnt mean that it can never work out.. thats what my dad said tho lol thats why i made this topic.. to see other people's opinions x

cross coulture marriages could be successful or unsuccessful....I have no experience but through information and by observing the chances of failure/trouble is higher...specially among people who adhere to his/her culture more, for example country like mine, lots of peopel get married but hardly satisfied and they always have quarrel....

I think the reason most of the couples end up in being quarrelsome couples is simply because marriages are arranged in our country & I still can't understand how one can marry a person whom he/she never even met in their life before. As far as the interfaith or cross cultural relationships are concerned, they sure can work out but it purely depends upon the couple on how they handle their cultural differences. Well my solution of this problem is respect each other's culture & enjoy the differences b/w their cultures what other couples can't. In the end, yeap! there's a huge possibility that not even they can just work out but instead the couples belonging to different cultures can live much more happier than the normal ones..! :-)

yes i agree! i mean ofcourse a relationship is harder when u were raised in a different culture as your partner but that doesnt mean it there is a 100% chance the relationship wont work..
I know someone ( my sweet bro Mohamed :D) who's grandpa is from France and his grandmom is from Morocco and they had a happy live together and then on the other hand my aunt and uncle got a divorce after more than 20 years of marriage because my uncle was cheating on her with one of her friends for like 4 years...

Yeah! lol in my family there are many examples like these. My dad's cousin married a French & he's a Pakistani. There are married for more than 40 years & still going strong & happy. She didn't even convert to Islam at that time. So he married her as a catholic. Its all about being open minded & thinking out of the box. That's about it! :-)

yup! thats it! I think when i get married to Mostafa that i probably will convert to Islam but I dont think I'll wear the hejab ( till i feel ready for it:) ) but even rightnow i try to live by "Islamic Rules" to say it like that .. No pork anymore, no alcohol,and well i try to wear 'good' clothes, like not walk around half naked.. Mostafa used to be really strict about that but later on he changed his opinion , also because he saw i didnt like it that much to always wear so covering clothes ,so he is ok with some open shirts and me wearing a skirt and so on..aslong as its not too sexy :p and ofcourse when i go to Egypt i will wear good clothes too :p

Oh wow! you'll convert. Nice to hear that but umm my gf ehh..presently she doesn't feel like she wanna convert. Instead she wants me to convert, weird ah? & that's why I feel kinda sad & stuff..but yeah my gf doesn't like wearing exposing clothes whatever she wears is nice & perfect. But yeah, I do have lil' problem with minis & with clubbing & that's about it. :-)

well i can understand her too, its a hard decision to convert but i wasnt raised that religious here ( altho my parents claim they did lol) i know so little bout my own religion so well idk.. I think Islam is a great and beautiful religion.. I'm reading a book about the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) and some books about Islam and i bought a Quran but it was the wrong one.. lolz and i cant read or speak Arabic yet so thats another task for me :p
I will first inform myself and get to know this religion really good and then i will decide what i will do :)
And well Mostafa doesnt like clubbing either, but thats not a problem for me ... i have never been in a nightclub or disco ever! lol :p

Umm I don't have much problem if she doesn't convert..but I told you instead she asked me to change my religion (from Islam to Orthodox Christian) which I really really really don't wanna do & I can't find a solution about it. She said all you have to do is baptize but we won't force you to believe anything. Therefore my mind is puzzled up..! Well ask mostafa anything you wanna know about Islam. I'm sure he would help you out. Oh, wow! never been to a club or disco? wow! that's good for mostafa I must say lol ;-)

Folks.. I have a request to make :) PLEASE avoid any kind of discusion about religion, if possible. You two are surely very nice and sensible people, but this kind of discussions get out of hand sometimes... so as a rule... no religion and no politics... its all about love and relationships :))

When you are together with someone from another culture isnt it normal there will be talked about religion also ? lol

oh.. that is totally normal ofcourse loll.. just that preferably not here in the Group :)) I'd hate to see a sitaution where people start using religion for any kind of discrimination or arguments etc. as a policy we must respect every religion equally :) same is with politics.. so lets better keep religion and politics out of the Group Forums... people can always talk with each-other through PMs when they wish ;) :)))

Ok Tahir, sorry man! I think you're right. Yeah..I can the picture of what you're saying. So lets just avoid that kinda convo. ;-)