Re: Think
I agree with Natasha about generalizing. I know of many mixed marriages within the US and international. People all have criteria for the partner they are looking for, and if one of the criteria is that the partner be American, that does not mean they don't want to seriously try to make a real marriage work. The divorce rate in the US for all marriages is about 50%. It is more difficult to make an interfaith or intercultural marriage work than one where the couple has very similar practices and beliefs, but it can be done. As in any marriage the key is to respect the partner for who s/he is, and have good, constructive problem solving skills. My own parents were very different and we constantly had to work out how to resolve those differences to work together in daily life. It is very counterproductive to compare styles, foods, accents in a way that puts one down, and very destructive to get into power struggles. Every couple finds the day when "the honeymoon is over", and it is then that they have to redefine love as a commitment to work towards the well being of the beloved through thick and thin.