For some, the myth of “happily ever after” remains a MYTH

2 May General

Antonia says:

Seriously, I think an intercultural marriage involves more than just appreciation for pop culture and superficial success. It requires a profound understanding of each culture’s thoughts, actions and words, as well as deep social and historical knowledge. Of course, the most important factor is the personal understanding and communication between the couple involved. They must have the initiative to keep the relationship going, not let their differences come in between like a silent third party. They need to confront these differences and find common grounds in order to live in harmonious matrimony.

Simple advice about intercultural marriage. But maybe harder to follow?

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lionel | 12:19pm, May 3:

Being Malaysian and born of an intercultural marriage myself, this article was totally not what I expected.

In lieu of the overly general blurb above, here’s some context: This is about poor Vietnamese (and other “inferior Asian”) women who dream of marrying South Korean men with unrealistic “happily ever afters” in mind. “Pop culture” here refers to the Korean Wave of movies and TV serials that has propogated the Romantic Korean stereotype all over Asia.

I thought this, the main point of the article, was far more interesting than the quasi-point that seems to be the focus here.

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