Comments on How to Marry a Bulgarian: Life In The Trenches: Dessie Tarlton

What a fun interview. I'm Mexican and hubby is Cro...

2010-02-22T17:31:07.604-06:00

What a fun interview. I'm Mexican and hubby is Croatian. Now we have a 22 month old daughter who speaks Croatian-Spanish-English (in that order)

Saludos,
A Mexican chica living in Europe

i kind of think that nationality tends to make up ...

2010-01-22T08:34:37.744-06:00

i kind of think that nationality tends to make up not too large a part of someone's personality. sure, there are particularities. but i think you'll find more similarities when you compare, say, an american architect to a bulgarian architect or an american farmer to a bulgarian farmer than if you compare an american farmer to his compatriot architect. what i find common among all the couples in this little series are people moving country or getting married or both after a year or a few letters or a few e-mails or falling in love after a second. i think this kind of spontaneity and continuity and positive attitude is more of a common element then the actual inter-cultural aspect.

T.W. Timing is everything! Especially when food co...

2010-01-20T20:40:42.448-06:00

T.W.
Timing is everything! Especially when food consumption is concerned. The more time I spend away from Bulgaria, the more impatient I become with Bulgarians and our endless dinners. See, the drinking part, I don't mind as much

Vas:
It's great to see you here. The great thing about this series is that it showcases stories of love and communication. The different cultural backgrounds only intensify conflicts and negotiations that all couples have regardless of cultural differences.

This series is pretty inspirational and I'm follow...

2010-01-20T13:33:14.435-06:00

This series is pretty inspirational and I'm following it with great interest. I've been in a inter-cultural relationship and I know things can be a bit hard, but in the end, it all depends on the people and their bond. It's nice to know that cultural differences can be overcome. I hope to read more of these personal stories! :)

=) I totally understand the "eating with family" ...

2010-01-19T23:52:25.995-06:00

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I totally understand the "eating with family" comment. One thing that it seems most Americans are trained to do from birth is "scarf" their food down in 15-20 minutes. In Bulgaria, an average dinner @ a restaurant takes 3-4 hours, not 45 min to an hour, and yes...it can take 3 of those hours to clean a plate. I've slowly adapted, but there were times when I was so miserable eating with family because I would clean my plate only to have seconds loaded up on it...then feel obligated to eat it so I wouldn't be rude...then third portion...and oh, you need more rakia because your glass is empty...more beer too...

LOL!

OMG the putting-together-furniture thing. That's awesome :) When we got our latest desk + office chair it was awesome...I put together the desk, she put together the chair, and we were competing to see who would get done first. When we were in the States, she was the one who assembled our kitchen table set while I was busy setting up the bed at our apartment when we first moved in. Working together is an awesome feeling.