Do relationships with a language barrier work?....
By cyreon
@cyreon (45)
August 25, 2008 8:08am CST
I mean i know that if your meant to be....your meant to be...but can build a relationship with a laguage barrier... or even a culture barrier.... is it possible? what do you think?......
2 responses
@lipsticknladdles (814)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
i have seen so many relationship with language/culture barriers, and it worked. on the contrary, other relationship of the same culture & language didnt work. It is not easy to make this kind of thing to work, because communication is one important factor in a relationship, beliefs, tradition & cultural-related habits can be another factor. But its the two people involved, they are the ones that matter here. How much they love each other, how far would they go to get thru these barriers. So yeah,I think it is possible. It may work, may take a little more effort, but its worth it if you value the relationship.
have a great day!
@lipsticknladdles (814)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
it does not work 100% but it is indeed possible. Because there are proofs. I know old couples of different nationalities, language and culture who've been happily married and had grandchildren now.
some of them started with speaking just telegraphic english. but things did worked out. but if you dont know a single word of your partner's language, expressively and receptively, well it wont really work because there's no way you can build a relationship with just gestures and facial expressions ( unleass you're deaf ).
i hope that answered your question. have a great day.
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
20 Dec 08
Nowadays China seems more and more to accept cross-national marriages. There are cases where the couple start their relationship with a language barrier, but manage to live pretty well together.
Usually both or at least one of them will make efforts to learn Chinese or English so as to remove the barrier in communication. They need also to learn about the cultures and accept what they have chosen for their life with adequate compromise, which is sometimes tough though.
