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Posted by jerrys girl

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Posted by superkat

I am English / Irish and my husband is Chinese. We had our rehearsal dinner at a Chinese restaurant with a traditional Chinese wedding menu. We also observed certain superstitions to make his family more comfortable. We had an amazing wedding and I am looking forward to having beautiful children together.

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fh and i are similar. i am irish, german another other little eithnicities and fh is chinese. I am infusing some culture into our wedding. I am getting inspired by your wedding. I hope to have numerous asian aspects.

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FM me anytime for info!! My MIL is very traditional and we did a lot of things to keep her happy while making me happy too.

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Posted by rkl1130

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Posted by superkat

I am English / Irish and my husband is Chinese. We had our rehearsal dinner at a Chinese restaurant with a traditional Chinese wedding menu. We also observed certain superstitions to make his family more comfortable. We had an amazing wedding and I am looking forward to having beautiful children together.

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You know what I keep hearing....that mixed babies are always the best looking!

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My 2 nephews are Chinese / Italian and they are GORGEOUS. The 15 yo has girls chasing him.

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i am 100% filipino and DH is 100% italian. it was hard when we first started dating, which was 10 years ago, because DH's mom wasnt really expecting him to be with an asian girl, she ideally was expecting an italian girl. but as the years went on, she accepted me into her family and now we have an awesome relationship! some pics are in my album if you're interested.

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I'm chinese and FH is italian/polish. Both born and raised here. We are trying to incorporate traditions from both sides...but most importantly we are doing what will make us happy. Thankfully both sets of parents aren't insisting we stick to tradition, but are insisting that we are happy with what we choose. When I figure out what I'm doing (my brain has been on vacation for a month or so) I let you know if I have any tips.

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I am white and FH is Hispanic. :) Doing more of a jewish ceremony b/c FH doesn't have any rituals that he wants to do :)
Getting marrid in 07 too :)

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I am black and FH is white.
Our families had nothing against us dating, they were actually very welcoming. but some of my friends made it hard for us when we started going out. One of them even stop talking to me after we got engaged. Oh Well!!!!

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I'm asian and he's white. Another '07 here!

and I'm staying FAR away from using the red color theme.... can't do it. I hate that color.

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Can't say we're Biracial or Interracial, but I can maybe suggest some things. Only thing I can tell you is Never take each other for granted because of what you hear from others. Society is so caught up on sterotypes and other details that we sometimes get mixed up in that mess and forget what's really important.....LOVE. I always believed Love is colorblind. I truly believe that because I fell in love the first time I met FH. FH is Haitian, I'm Puerto Rican. At first I was scared because I was caught up w/ the stupid stereotypes about Haitians. After getting to know him for who he was, I learned he was nothing like what I learned! Funny thing is that I studied multicultural education and never thought I would fall into society's racist trap. To say the least, we've been living together for 3 years, which is another stigma/problem I've had to battle w/ my conservative, fanatic Christian relatives. When we announced our engagement, I didn't care who approved I knew this was the man I wanted to marry, and NO one could tell me otherwise. As we plan for our wedding, we plan to infuse both our cultures into our wedding. We're getting bilingual DJs and MCs to make our relatives feel more comfortable. In a few years, when we have children we want them to learn Spanish and French, and to learn about their cultures. I'm a very multicultural person. I love to learn about other cultures and religions, I will instill that on our children. Overall, I don't view our relationship in terms of our cultures, more like what we have in common. I really try to communicate with him on a daily basis and try to understand him for who he is rather than if our families and friends will approve or not. I know everyone's experience is different and I hope I could shed some inspiration on you and your FH. Good luck to you and may you be happy!

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Bride4mike07 do you mind sharing who you are using for DJ. I am also looking for a bilangual DJ.

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I am Dominican my DH is Chinese. I knew that the reception would have a lot of latin music, so we decided to infuse his Chinese culture in the other aspects of the wedding.

We used the Chinese Double Happiness symbol on all of our wedding stationary (invites. programs and menus).

Our thank you cards said 'Thank you' and 'Gracias' and had the Chinese character for Thank you.

Our wedding favors were chocolates which had the one of three Chinese characters. Each chocolate had either Peace, Love or Happiness.

I love red and have always wanted that color theme, so I used it. The fact that it is the color for celebrations and weddings in Chinese culture was just a plus.

We also held our rehearsal dinner in a Chinese restaurant.

At the reception we had a mini-dance lesson. It was led by the MOH and she taught the crowd how to dance merengue and bachata. We wanted everyone to feel comfortable on the dance floor.

Some of you ladies asked about bilingual DJ's - we use Elegancia Entertainment. They were awesome. Everyone was up and dancing through out the entire night.

As for married life. We don't even think about our different cultures except to wonder how our children will look (besides the obvious that they will be beautiful- LOL) We kid around that the greatest DNA battle will be with the hair. I have very curly hair and my husband has straight hair.

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I am Hispanic and FH is Italian and Dutch.

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Shell 84, We're using Ultimate Sound DJs from Queens. FH liked them a lot! If you don't like them, there's also Elegancia.

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My DH is Dominican and I am half Italian and half Irish.

My DH was born and raised in NYC, but he is very into his culture. Speaks, reads and writes spanish and loves the music and so do I......

We are both very lucky as far as family and friends are concerned we were both welcomed into each other families with open arms.

I tried and did incorporate lots of things in my wedding from my DH's culture.

I had Love coasters as favors and ordered Amor Coasters for his side of the family.

DH's Aunt did the Prayer of the Faithful during the ceremony in Spanish and English.

My DJ played on types of music including Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Reggeton(??). My dance floor was packed almost the whole night.

Our families and friends all mingled well together it was wonderful!!!!!!

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Posted by BRod-Cheng

I am Dominican my DH is Chinese. I knew that the reception would have a lot of latin music, so we decided to infuse his Chinese culture in the other aspects of the wedding.

We used the Chinese Double Happiness symbol on all of our wedding stationary (invites. programs and menus).

Our thank you cards said 'Thank you' and 'Gracias' and had the Chinese character for Thank you.

Our wedding favors were chocolates which had the one of three Chinese characters. Each chocolate had either Peace, Love or Happiness.

I love red and have always wanted that color theme, so I used it. The fact that it is the color for celebrations and weddings in Chinese culture was just a plus.

We also held our rehearsal dinner in a Chinese restaurant.

At the reception we had a mini-dance lesson. It was led by the MOH and she taught the crowd how to dance merengue and bachata. We wanted everyone to feel comfortable on the dance floor.

Some of you ladies asked about bilingual DJ's - we use Elegancia Entertainment. They were awesome. Everyone was up and dancing through out the entire night.

As for married life. We don't even think about our different cultures except to wonder how our children will look (besides the obvious that they will be beautiful- LOL) We kid around that the greatest DNA battle will be with the hair. I have very curly hair and my husband has straight hair.

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Your kids will be beautiful!! It's so funny we kid around about the hair as well - my hair is pin straight DH's and sisters are all curls - and I always say if I have a daughter her hair better be curly!!!!

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Posted by Bride4Mike07

Can't say we're Biracial or Interracial, but I can maybe suggest some things. Only thing I can tell you is Never take each other for granted because of what you hear from others. Society is so caught up on sterotypes and other details that we sometimes get mixed up in that mess and forget what's really important.....LOVE. I always believed Love is colorblind. I truly believe that because I fell in love the first time I met FH. FH is Haitian, I'm Puerto Rican. At first I was scared because I was caught up w/ the stupid stereotypes about Haitians. After getting to know him for who he was, I learned he was nothing like what I learned! Funny thing is that I studied multicultural education and never thought I would fall into society's racist trap. To say the least, we've been living together for 3 years, which is another stigma/problem I've had to battle w/ my conservative, fanatic Christian relatives. When we announced our engagement, I didn't care who approved I knew this was the man I wanted to marry, and NO one could tell me otherwise. As we plan for our wedding, we plan to infuse both our cultures into our wedding. We're getting bilingual DJs and MCs to make our relatives feel more comfortable. In a few years, when we have children we want them to learn Spanish and French, and to learn about their cultures. I'm a very multicultural person. I love to learn about other cultures and religions, I will instill that on our children. Overall, I don't view our relationship in terms of our cultures, more like what we have in common. I really try to communicate with him on a daily basis and try to understand him for who he is rather than if our families and friends will approve or not. I know everyone's experience is different and I hope I could shed some inspiration on you and your FH. Good luck to you and may you be happy!

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I know your kids will be beautiful. I'm Haitian and Puerto Rican and me and my brothers came out HOT HOT HOT!!!...j/k

I'm marrying an Italian guy and I took a lot of heat from my cousins at first for marrying 'The Man' but they were cool with him and now we're all best friends.

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IM DOMINICAN AND FH IS HALF BLACK AND HALF Jewish
BUT IM MORE INTO MY ROOTS THEN HE IS
SO WE AREN'T HAVING ANY Jewish INPUT AT THE WEDDING BUT WE ARE HAVING HISPANIC THING AT OUR WEDDING
(HIS MOTHER IS Jewish BUT RETIRED TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 YEARS AGO SO SHE TALK SPANISH AND LOVE MY CULTURE)

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I don't know if this counts but my DH is Russian, and I'm Irish/Italian. The only thing we did to accomodate his side of the family was ensure we had lots of good vodka on hand.

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Posted by Bride4Mike07

Shell 84, We're using Ultimate Sound DJs from Queens. FH liked them a lot! If you don't like them, there's also Elegancia.

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Thanks, i'll Check them out. Someone else mentioned Elegancia to me.

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I'm Irish & German
FH is Ecuadorian & Peruvian
(cute pic in profile)
We are having foods from both cultures and an awesome set of Latin music

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My FH is Egyptian and I'm English, French, Swedish and German. I'm the one looking to add a lil' bit of his culture to the reception.