Dating Through the Language-Barrier
Dating someone with a culture and language that is different from your own can lead to a wonderful, eye-opening and fulfilling relationship. However, it can also be a deeply frustrating experience if you are not prepared for the many potential pit-falls along the way.
Most problems arise from the deep social programming that both you and your partner have been receiving every day since you were born. These are the systems of gestures, conventions and expressions that are so much a part of our culture we are often not even aware of them. Nearly every social exchange you have with a person from the same culture is absolutely loaded with nuance. Whether it be your tone of voice, your choice of language or even the look on your face, you are sending a constant stream of extra information
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