Married From Different Cultures: Can This Relationship Overcome the Challenges?

You might be the same so-called race. Maybe you both have dark skin.  But he's from Nigeria and you're from America. Is blackness enough to bind you forever? Maybe you're both Muslim. But she's Ghanaian and you're American.  He's Pakistani, you're American. Maybe you're both Christian, belonging to the same chuch even. But she's Chinese, you're American, and you recognize as soon as you meet her family, there are cultural differences.  How do you handle different expectations of behavior? How do you decide what is right and wrong, appropriate or inappropriate? When can you tell when you may have said or done the wrong thing in a situation? Can cross cultural relationships work? How do you overcome the challenges? Marriage Matchmaker Sister Zara J discusses the process of finding compatible mates.