Reasons Why Canadian Men Marry Foreign Women
Posted: Sunday, September 13, 2009
by Carolyn Tytler
Of course, the most obvious answer is: Canadian men marry foreign women because they fall in love with them. However, I question the basic premise.
A foreigner is someone who comes from another country. When new-comers take out Canadian citizenship papers, they are no longer foreigners. They are Canadians.
Even if , for some reason, they neglect to become citizens, the next generation, their children, born in Canada, are Canadians. There are just not that many foreign women around for Canadian men to marry.
* she was born into a culture not too different from that of Canada, such as the United States or Western Europe."
* we met at church, or at the mosque or synagogue. Our religious values are strong and they are an important part of our lives. Now we will be able to share them."
* we work in the same profession. We have similar ethical values. We support each other at home and at work and it's great to be able to able to exchange ideas."
* my best friend as I was growing up came from her country. I spent a lot of time with his family and felt very comfortable there. I'm sure we'll get along just fine."
* we have known each other a long time, all through high school and university. We've had differences, but we've worked them out."
These marriages have an excellent chance of enduring. The couples are mature and they have more in common than they have differences.
Of course, there are others who would give replies similar to these:
* "She was real cute, I mean an actual knock-out!"
* "I wanted to see what was under all those robes and veils."
* " My friends were all getting married and I hadn't had any luck with Canadian girls".
* I had just broken up with a Canadian girl and I wanted someone totally different".
* "My family told me not to do it, and I was sick and tired of them trying to boss me around!"
This latter group of men are immature, their reasons superficial and insufficient for trying to built a life together. Sadly, they'll probably be a part of the divorce statistics before long.
On a personal note, my husband was born in Canada. Three of my sons are married to Canadian girls, another is single.
Again. I question the basic premise of the title. For a Canadian man to meet and spend enough time with a foreign girl to consider marriage, would not be a usual occurrence, at least not in my corner of the country.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)I,think that Canadian mens marry womans, because they feel that foreign female tend to work harder for what they want in Canada.Since they come from another country.And when they see they studied and start working and making money here in Canada they feel they made a good invesment by marring them and bring them here to Canada and they are not seating in Ontario Works waiting for the check to come evry moth.
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