Benefits of Dating Someone from another culture

Benefits of Dating Someone from another culture
AmlanAparajit Mar 18, 2016 19:08

Seeing a couple from two different cultures in a society isn’t ubiquitous at all and people always seem to be skeptical when it comes to finding a spouse who is relatively different from their kind. But there are benefits of finding a partner from another culture. Here are some pros that outweigh the cons.

1. You will learn a new language
Learning how to say “hello”, “thank you” and “beer” in any other language seems to satiate our needs in a foreign land. But this isn’t just about that. It might seem a herculean task when we think of learning Spanish during our high school with the task of conjugating verbs for an hour, but dating someone from a different culture gives us the opportunity to learn a new language in the best of the possible ways: by engrossment. Learning your partner’s native tongue will allow you to communicate better with their family and friends, and open up a whole new world linguistically. Moreover, in today’s highly intercultural world it doesn’t cause any harm to learn a new language and a reason to avoid being bashful.
2. You will learn that Chinese Food is Different than Food Panda
Most of the time authentic cuisine from a country is not what we thought it was. Take the Chinese food in India for an instance. Chow mien, Chili chicken, and Manchurian is what I’m used to at my home or at any place in India, but visiting my girlfriend’s family in Wuxi, I learned that sweet pork, wonton (dumplings) and rice porridge are more common and are considered staple food. Dating someone from a different culture allows you to not only broaden your mind to different cultural beliefs and traditions but also it broadens your taste buds. You never know you might find your new favorite food that you’ve been missing out on all the years.
3. You will grow a thick skin
As much as people will support your intercultural relationship, there are always some people who will be pessimistic as well. You will learn not to let those ignorant, imbecile people disapprove of your relationship affect you and as a result, you will develop a thicker skin. It is not only important for your relationship but also gives you strength to delicate situations in your love life.
4. You will get a taste for Adventure
Finding a partner from a different culture clarifies the fact that you are most likely to travel, whether it is a new city, new country or simply a visit to your significant others family and relatives. I give you an insight into my own story; before I dated my girl, I couldn’t name all the countries who were neighbors to China. Now I not only know them, I’ve visited Russia,
Hong Kong and Malaysia as well. Your travels will also be put into context, where you’ll be able to spend time with locals and understand the destination according to their viewpoint. Trust me on this, every adventure on this planet comes second to traveling. You’ll surely agree with me if you’re a keen traveler.
5. You get to share your own Culture
Growing up in a place where most people are similar to you, then dating someone who is culturally different from you and then narrating about the interesting aspects of your culture opens up a new world for you. It’s something you would not have thought about unless otherwise. The smallest things like eating habits or greeting friends now become a point of interest for your significant other. Thus, it gets you examine your own culture more closely looking for interesting cultural differences.
6. You get double Holidays
If you take your relationship on a serious note, you’d definitely discuss with your partner how you are going to incorporate your cultural traditions together. It may seem to be intimidating, but there are definitely some benefits that you’d get as a couple. Discussing cultural values together will stabilize your relationship and will fortify the bond between you two. Plus, holidays always means tons of celebration with home cooked delicacies and you have no problem whatsoever.

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