I am a mix of cultures (mostly italian and polish upbringing) and my boyfriend is first generation born in the U.S. He and his family are Armenian. I would have never really been exposed to this culture, and never was until I met him..the language is very interesting as I haven't ever heard anything like that (myself knowing some polish, italian, french and spanish) it is great to be immersed into this culture, by talking with his mom and grandfather and just learning about it all.
Thankfully, my parents aren't "old fashioned" they are up for anything I'm into now that I live on my own (I moved out of my home to live with him). I thankfully, haven't ever had any problems with our cultures "clashing" or the like...and as I am a very cultured person myself, I'm happy to add an addition to my "library" of cultures I have learned about (and will continue to do so as well)

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Kristin