Mixed marriages and families

[julie]

Originally Posted by Jankovska

No mixed marriages, we are all Macedonians married to Macedonians.
I would never allow my kids to marry a Greek. Ja ke se otkazem od niv.

My boys are free to marry whom they wish Jankovska, but they also know that any association they may have with someone Greek will not be something I would condone. Nor would I be present at their nuptials, so I guess i jas ke se odkazham od niv. They would not be so stupid to step on the blood of their relatives. And being the patriotic woman that you are, I dont think your children would either

[Phoenix]

Fatso, what's your experience of mixed marriages and their interactions, not so much from a greek and Macedonian perspective but rather the more common greek and albanian unions...

[Jankovska]

Originally Posted by julie

My boys are free to marry whom they wish Jankovska, but they also know that any association they may have with someone Greek will not be something I would condone. Nor would I be present at their nuptials, so I guess i jas ke se odkazham od niv. They would not be so stupid to step on the blood of their relatives. And being the patriotic woman that you are, I dont think your children would either

You are right, they can marry whoever they want, however marrying a Greek will result in loosing parents. Choice is theirs.

[Prolet]

Originally Posted by Jankovska

No mixed marriages, we are all Macedonians married to Macedonians.
I would never allow my kids to marry a Greek. Ja ke se otkazem od niv.

Its an extreme response Jankovska, for me as long as the other party is Christian i guess its ok. I dont mean some kind of a sect i mean a proper Christian Religion preferably Orthodox and European Culture. Sure they can be friends with whoever they want however once it comes to mixing blood certain steps need to be taken.

Just no Gjupci or Mudjahadeens.

Phoenix, Welcome to the Forum its good to have you on board

[El Bre]

Originally Posted by julie

the comment above was my reference to being dreadful, i dont know of any Maco that would allow that, in my sheltered existence, perhaps I am not getting the reference?
pozdrav

Hi Julie,

Perhaps I could have been a little more subtle with regards to my language, I do apologize, but I was feeling a little dreadful at the time.

I should qualify my statement by adding that in my experience this is an Aegean phenomenon.

[El Bre]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Fatso, what's your experience of mixed marriages and their interactions, not so much from a greek and Macedonian perspective but rather the more common greek and albanian unions...

Good to see you here Phoenix, what the hell took you so long?

[Risto the Great]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Fatso, what's your experience of mixed marriages and their interactions, not so much from a greek and Macedonian perspective but rather the more common greek and albanian unions...

Since I am feeling a little fat at the moment and also because I want to welcome Phoenix here, let me answer. A Greek/Albanian union will always result in the Albanian becoming ""instantgreko".

I can point you to a village in Egej where it became a sport for Albanians to become "instantgreko".

A word of warning since this is your first post here, many of the contributors here are from Australia. As Macedonians from Australia can be a little passionate and proud of their heritage, your sensibilities may be offended if you are more used to the modern progressive form of patriotism practiced elsewhere.

Welcome Phoenix.

[Daskalot]

Originally Posted by El Bre

Good to see you here Phoenix, what the hell took you so long?

Ditto
Better late than never......

Good to see you posting here Phoenix, I am also very curious about those mixed marriages.

[fatso]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Fatso, what's your experience of mixed marriages and their interactions, not so much from a greek and Macedonian perspective but rather the more common greek and albanian unions...

I haven't experienced many. Their are 2 that I know of both send their kids to Greek schools. But both are Orthodox Albanians.

My cousin married a Macedonian who happens to be my wife's closest friend. Their kids only speak Macedonia because of their dedo and baba.

Phoenix, good to see you are civil.

Cheers

[Big Bad Sven]

From my experience it is usually the Macedonian side that is the less dominant part, and allows their family to become more “greek”. This is also the case with Bulgarian slavs and Serbians (especially in Australia).

However a lot of macedonain males who go to Albania to get Albanian wives usually end up becoming the stronger part, and their kids are more Macedonian then Albanian. I think its because the Albanian women are usually stuck in a old fashioned type of thinking eg the women stays at home and the man is the boss