What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting married with a foreigner?
Cross-border marriages are becoming more common in China now. We often envy those who are married to foreigners. Marrying someone from another country does have its appeals.
Foreigners are often thought to be more romantic. French, for instance, are known for their knack to maintain romance after marriage; while people in China or many other Asian countries take a more practical approach to married life. Besides, cross-border marriages offer one unique insight into another culture and tradition. They allow people to understand each other and help to reduce the prejudice among people from different races. Those marriages also offer good prospects for their children, who will grow up enjoying the best of both worlds. They usually become bilingual, to say the very least. It is also said that mixed-blood often enjoy intellectual gifts.
However, there are downsides as well. Unless one of them is fluent in the other's language, the couple is going to encouter communication barriers, which often tend to be an easier obstacle for them to surmount. What is more insurmountable is their differences of opinions. Raised in different background and culture, their beliefs, ideas and attitudes are apt to differ. For instance, a Chinese mother may think her western husband callous when he cuts off financial support when their kids enter college. It is often hard to really understand, let alone to reach a compromise with each other. And the kids may be torn between these conflicting ideas. They may have a hard time finding their own identity. They seem unable to fit in either culture.
There is no guarantee that a marriage will work, whether it is one with a foreigner or not. But again, like anything else, marriage is not perfect. I won't even suggest that you weight the benefits against drawbacks because a marriage is not a financial deal where sensibility reigns.
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