🎙️ Ep. 5 The Tea in Our Intercultural Relationship
Ever wonder what it really takes to blend families, values, and traditions? In this week’s episode of The Couples Edition, we’re sharing what it’s *actually* like to blend cultures, traditions, and family expectations in our interracial marriage — from everyday routines to the wild drama at our wedding.
We open up about our very different upbringings, how we’ve learned to honor both of our backgrounds, and the hard lessons we’ve learned about boundaries, compromise, and family. If you’re dating across cultures, married to someone with a different background, or just curious about what it takes to build a relationship that bridges worlds — this one’s for you.
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00:00 – Episode teaser
00:38 – Intro
02:50 – Our cultural backgrounds
08:12 – Elie thinking independent from his culture
10:31 – Differences between Elie & his family lifestyle
13:28 – Gender norms between cultures
17:19 – Do we have gender roles in our marriage?
19:47 – Navigating family expectations & cultural differences
25:02 – Addressing family drama
26:53 – Unspoken expectations
30:09 – Deep Dive Tea Time: How our cultural differences impacted our wedding!!
33:44 – Buying the bride & traditional Congolese wedding
36:15 – Dealing with uninvited wedding guests & getting a bouncer
41:58 – Lying about our wedding start time
43:50 – Turning people away from our wedding
48:23 – The aftermath of the culture drama at our wedding 54:36 – Intercultural wedding takeaways - what we should have done different
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