If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

[Italia brrro]

Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

You can marry your own race, if you force yourself to.
But when you truly fall in love, I dont think race/culture matters at all.

qft.

[MrHyeSev]

Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

You can marry your own race, if you force yourself to.
But when you truly fall in love, I dont think race/culture matters at all.

[Kavkaz]

Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

I dont care if you do not marry a non Armenian, only if your mate is of European blood.

I find Italian, French, Spanish, North Caucasian, Persian women all very attractive.

Yes if I find a beautiful Armenian girl I will marry her, if not a beautiful European girl will do.

[Anoush]

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I highly suggest that everyone read the article contained in the following thread:

"Seeking to Uphold a Vision"

I enjoyed reading that article Yerazhishda and it has also been my beliefs throughout my life. My husband is 2nd generation Armenian American and does not feel or occupy his mind with Armenian issues whatsoever. Just me. He is more American than anything else. On the other hand I have been brought up with strong and deep rooted Armenian family and background and I attend to Armenian Churches and functions by myself most of the time as it does not interest him, yet anything Armenian interests me very much. Because of different backgrounds and how we were brought up we have quite different views and interests, heritage and cultural differences even though we are both Armenian by blood; but very different Armenians.

[yerazhishda]

Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

I highly suggest that everyone read the article contained in the following thread:

"Seeking to Uphold a Vision"

[Anoush]

Re: If you couldn't marry an Armenian.....

One notable miracle is the billionaire philanthropist, Krkorian.

Kirk Kirkorian was an orphan from the Genocide, that's why he has remained a good Armenian. For the record, I have personally asked my own mother what she thinks the future of Armenians would be in the US and she said basically the same thing Armenian just posted above. Not good at all; she said.

[Armenian]

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Yeraz I think that you experience this more in a smaller community of Armenians. I am not saying it does not or is not happening but in large communities of Armenians in the states, you will find that almost all Armenian children speak the language, go to Armenian school, go to church and are part of the larger Armenian community in one way or another.

I'd listen to yerazhishda on this matter, if I were you. Your characterization of the Armenian community of America is a gross misperception, to say the least. The majority of the million or so Armenians in America are assimilated beyond repair. The only place in America a that the Armenian language (and identity) is still somewhat maintained is Los Angeles. And the reason for this is the large numbers of Armenian immigrants coming into the region from the Middle East and Armenia during the past twenty 30 somewhat years. So, the kids you hear speaking Armenian in LA are most probably first generation. Gradually these kids will assimilate and marry into other cultures and end up like the vast majority of Armenians that came to this country before, during and after the Genocide years. Armenians that arrived to the US around the first and second world wars have all but disappeared. We see remnants of them in people like Cher, Eric Boghosian, Mark Giragos, Jack Kevorkian, Kim Kardashian... One notable miracle is the billionaire philanthropist, Krkorian.

[Pazooki]

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LOL and that is ok with you? I admire Armenian woman because they are respectable to their husbands, however, it is never ok to hit a woman (except maybe in self defense). Do you actually condone this behaviour?
I must know some rare Armenian couples then because I know 5 different couples who were married and got divorced. I would venture to say that they stay with their husbands because they are scared for their life or because they fear being put down socially. It is not true happiness, and only continue because fear.

But then again I guess I shouldn't really complain about them wanting to reproduce from their own kind because they do make beautiful children. And the ones that are mixed with Persian are hot and willing to procreate with "odars"

In my opinion it's not ok with me to hit a women, especially if I get a wife. You say that is wrong but to us it's different. It's nothing special in Armenia it happens to alot of couples. If the wife is going to stick with you through the good, then she should stay with you through the bad aswell. Armenians aren't the only race. I've met Indian people who say thats in their culture as well.

[Anush]

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In a generation, much of the "Armenians" that live worldwide will be lost to integration and assimilation meaning, they will not speak, read or write Armenian, they will probably not go to church and be a part of the Armenian community, they will of course not repatriate etc.; that generation of would-be Armenians is lost forever.

Yeraz I think that you experience this more in a smaller community of Armenians. I am not saying it does not or is not happening but in large communities of Armenians in the states, you will find that almost all Armenian children speak the language, go to Armenian school, go to church and are part of the larger Armenian community in one way or another.

I am not disagreeing with you at all on the general content of your post, I do agree with you in whole.

Maybe I am just totally in the dark on everything I dont know.

[Anush]

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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??)

Well I don't feel it is a duty, I feel it is what I want and desire for my life. It runs with what I was raised and experienced and with what I want to experience within a family of my own, and what I would like to experience in the community in which I would live.

No one could pressure me into doing either, as well as, I dont feel I pressure others to believe as I do.

I am just stating what I believe and what my opinion is, just as you were expressing yours.