10 Weirdly Awesome Things That Happen When You Marry Outside Your Caste, Religion Or State

In India, you don’t just marry another person, you get a whole big family tree for free. And if that isn’t enough for you and have more appetite, just get yourself hitched to a person from a completely different cultural background: maybe a person from a different state of India.

Does it sound like the story of your (love) life? Then, fasten your seat-belts, because the journey is going to be ‘awesome’-er. 🙂 (I know that’s not a word, Grammar Nazis, please sit down.)

Intercultural marriages rock because:

1. You get the luxury of getting married twice (to the same person of course) in two different cities, in two different dresses

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A Christian wedding to please the bride’s side, a Punjabi wedding to please the groom’s side. And the newly-weds, they could not be happier!

 

2. A little of this & a little of that from both cultures make the ride adventurous

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Imagine a Christian bride keeping Karwa Chauth fast for her Punjabi husband, now wouldn’t that be special? Plus, you get to learn so much about different customs.

 

3. You get to talk to your mom in your mother tongue without the wife having any idea what you are talking about

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“Yes Ma..today I made burnt toast. Yesterday she made a horrible kheer. We’re a perfect couple.” 😀
“What are you talking?”, wife asks.
“Talking about the awesome kheer you made yesterday.”

 

4. Science proves that you become more tolerant, liberal in outlook and open-minded when you expose yourself to the nuances of a different culture

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Imagine Sharma ji still forcing his children to score 99.9% marks in their exams while you start celebrating the strength of your kids. The strength can be anything from multiplayer gaming to water-surfing, from martial arts to sports, from art to coding.

 

5. You start celebrating festivals that were previously just a holiday for you

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And on special occasions, you get to wear their ethnic clothes and feel like a whole new person altogether.

 

6. Oh, how can we forget food!

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From making different recipes to making the same recipe differently, your food options just got multiplied.

 

7. Food reminds me of travel. Your kids will never complain of a boring summer/winter break. Just take them to your in-laws place

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Now, we are not saying that one should get married to a different culture merely to quench their wanderlust, but, nevertheless, it is always a plus point.

 

8. And in the eyes of the world, you become the couple who did not let their cultural boundaries win over love

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Imagine your grand-kids narrating your love story to their school friends. Yes, be that hero-heroine! 🙂

 

9. By trying to live in those little confusions that make for hilarious and super cute memories

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10. And finally, without even realizing you give a beautiful definition to the phrase, “Love is blind”; A definition that says, ‘Love is blind to differences.’

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And isn’t that the purest form of love?

We come from different worlds and make a unique one for our own!

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