I wouldn't even marry anybody that didn't grow up, after the age of ten or so, in the same country as myself. (I class those as a kind of 'mixed-marriage' - pe

I wouldn't even marry anybody that didn't grow up, after the age of ten or so, in the same country as myself. (I class those as a kind of 'mixed-marriage' - people whose background knowledge, slang and mind-sets are too different.) I don't say they will never work. I am merely saying that the factors against it working are too numerous. I wouldn't put myself in that position again. I had too many misunderstandings with merely ways of speaking: "I could care less about .." does not mean the same if you grew up saying "I couldn't care less about ..". In some countries "I think so." often means "I believe this to be a fact." in some other places it means "I'm not sure about this." When the word 'fanny' means 'behind' in one language and 'vulva' in the other language. When the word 'rubber' means 'eraser' in one language and 'condom' in the other. When 'socialist' is akin to 'communist' in one mind-set and 'safety-net for the underprivileged' in the other mind-set. It just gets all too difficult for a proper meeting of the minds. 'Mixed-marriages' like that just can not last.