Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....
whoa that was long....I believe I know both of which you speak about. Some are from Iranian descent and some are the offspring of a Persian and an Armenian. Some of them are from Glendale and some of them are from La Crescenta and surrounding areas. I know of a lot of them because I used to go to a high school with a huge Armenian population and I grew up with them.
I understand everything that you are saying, and if preserving you culture is what is important to YOU, then like I have said this whole time I see nothing wrong with YOU wanting to marry within your own kind. However, when pressure is put on people to marry within a certain racial field, I think that is too far. I think a person should be allowed to marry whom ever they see fit. Now it would be ok for parents to educate their children on the history of Armenia and how important it is to preserve the culture, but if the child grows up and sees fit to marry an Italian , they should not disown or look down upon them like I seen happen before.
When my family moved to the U.S., they saw it fit for our family to assimilate and always taught me to not limit my heart to any race. Now I would like to have an Italian woman because they are beautiful and have similar personalities, and speak my language. BUT, I would be offended if I brought a lets say Armenian girl home, and my parents didn't approve solely on race. There would be some major arguments happening.
So in short, if you feel it is your duty to marry within your race, then I think thats great and will probably make like easier for you, but keep it at that and don't allow peer pressure to make your decisions or don't be guilty of pressuring others into doing as you want. (Can you say run-on sentence??)
Originally posted by AnushA26
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whoa that was long....I believe I know both of which you speak about. Some are from Iranian descent and some are the offspring of a Persian and an Armenian. Some of them are from Glendale and some of them are from La Crescenta and surrounding areas. I know of a lot of them because I used to go to a high school with a huge Armenian population and I grew up with them.
I understand everything that you are saying, and if preserving you culture is what is important to YOU, then like I have said this whole time I see nothing wrong with YOU wanting to marry within your own kind. However, when pressure is put on people to marry within a certain racial field, I think that is too far. I think a person should be allowed to marry whom ever they see fit. Now it would be ok for parents to educate their children on the history of Armenia and how important it is to preserve the culture, but if the child grows up and sees fit to marry an Italian , they should not disown or look down upon them like I seen happen before.
When my family moved to the U.S., they saw it fit for our family to assimilate and always taught me to not limit my heart to any race. Now I would like to have an Italian woman because they are beautiful and have similar personalities, and speak my language. BUT, I would be offended if I brought a lets say Armenian girl home, and my parents didn't approve solely on race. There would be some major arguments happening.
So in short, if you feel it is your duty to marry within your race, then I think thats great and will probably make like easier for you, but keep it at that and don't allow peer pressure to make your decisions or don't be guilty of pressuring others into doing as you want. (Can you say run-on sentence??)
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