By Corey Heller Photo Credit: What with all of the fantastic American men around, what made me choose to tie the knot with a foreigner? How about this fun, tongue-in-cheek, stereotypical rundown of some of my favorites ignoring, of course, all of the challenges that go into an international marriage — you can find those in my post? Let the countdown begin… 10. Whether they grow up on a farm, in the city, poor or rich, they just have an air of sophistication about them. He thinks I am fascinating. I have an open-ended excuse to travel. Ok, sometimes this can be completely annoying since every vacation abroad is filled with visiting his family but hey, at least I have a reason to board the plane and it is great not to have to cook and clean for a month. He automatically charms friends and family. See 9 above… Need I say more? Chocolate and more chocolate. I love a challenge. Who would want to have a simple, normal, easy relationship? Meeting in Ireland, breaking up in Versaille for an excruciating 10 minutes, meeting the families, being separated for a year to finish college… it was all worth it and made our relationship even stronger. After all of that, there was no way I could let him go, ever! Are you married to someone from another country? What is your silly, fun, tongue-in-cheek top 10 list or at least a few from your list? Or maybe you want to share the challenges that go into international marriage? If so, read my post and share your thoughts there! Multilingual Living is the place where she shares her knowledge about raising multilingual and multicultural children. Corey, an American, and her German husband live in Seattle where they raise and homeschool their three children, ages 15, 14 and 12, in German and English. This website is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a replacement or substitute for any professional financial, medical, legal, or other advice. By using this website, you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions and notices contained or referenced in our and. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, please do not use this website. If every marriage is, in a way, the meeting of two cultures, getting to know that other culture also teaches you about yours. The cloth diapering decision was super easy for us, too! I went to Ireland to hang out with the Irish, not some German guy! And he wanted to hang with the locals, not some American on an Education Abroad Program. I can totally relate to what you say about your non-Latvian husband teaching you about how truly Latvian you are. By the way, we tried the onion skins one year but ended up with completely brown eggs. I clearly did something wrong. Maybe you have a tip or two? Thank you for your comment! I love sharing all of these experiences with others! Definitely -- political differences count faaaaar more than language and cultural differences! Knowing you, it would be hilarious, full of tongue-in-cheek witticisms and so much more. Perhaps you should have married Schwarzenegger… then you could have had both the foreigner elements AND the Republican elements -- oh yea baby, bring it on! Kudos to you, girl! Being married to a republican would DEFINITELY be more difficult than being married to my Chinese husband. Republicans drive me crazy. I used to really care for him but he really pushed me TOO FAR!!! We would like the girls to have both passports which will give them the opportunity to be able to choose where they want to attend university and live. Having a foreign husband means I can pick the things I enjoy from his culture and from my own, and integrate it all into our own, unique family culture. But my White Australian boyfriend have a harder time adapting to me. I like 8 as well. I am Italian American and only learned th
