Tag Archive | "Intercultural"

India’s Delicious Products – Or, Why Can’t We Get That Here?

Thursday, March 27, 2008

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Possibly the best thing about being in an intercultural relationship, at least for the curious mind, is the in-depth, nitty-gritty exposure you get to a different group's culture. Be prepared for the flood of new customs, food, clothes, vocabulary, entertainment and so forth that'll be coming your way. The only thing I can compare it to is living in a foreign country with a roommate or family from that country - of course, then you're still in an intercultural relationship, just not a romantic one. While a number of problems can arise from having two or more cultures operating in the same house, today's focus is on the unadulterated good things that come from sharing a culture. The things that will remain perfect in my mind forever. Even if Aditya were to run off the squirrel that hangs out near the bedroom window (they were eying each other this morning) and break my heart, or declare a hatred for IKEA (and break my heart), I will appreciate our time together because of these three things:

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What Counts as an Intercultural Relationship?

Monday, March 24, 2008

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Boy, I love me some good, high fiber intercultural friendship! Aditya informs me it's particularly tasty with warmed whole milk. His insistence that cold cereal is best eaten with whole milk that is not in its natural state of refrigerated coldness (oh, the horrors***) is one of many indicators that we might just be in an intercultural relationship. (I suppose his Indian passport, brown skin, and Hindu faith also belong on the list of indicators, although, frankly, I notice the milk-warming thing just as often.) Seriously, though - where is the line between just doing things a little differently, and being from two different cultures? Here on Gori Girl, we're pretty open about the definition of an intercultural relationship (henceforth ICR). Since culture is a broad, nebulous thing, finding someone of a different culture to be in a relationship with isn't that hard to do. "Relationship", by the way, is also a broad, nebulous concept, but we're not going to get into that. If you think you're in a relationship, be it hetro, homo, platonic, "it's complicated" on facebook, or whatever else, then you are, as far as I'm concerned. One concept at a time, and today's focus is on the intercultural part of ICR.

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