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Want to marry a revert muslim boy of White British Heritage as a Pakistani girl.

Any experiences that people have of this kind, how do you introduce this idea and convince your parents. Any advice you would give me?
Is your family very culturally traditionalist?
With a preference for marriages between relatives, members of a similar caste background or only with individuals that have Pakistani nationality.

Some religious asian female friends who were looks attracted with a preference for guys with blue/green eyes or a paler skin tone but also wanted to marry a religious follower of Islam whose ancestors also practised the religion tended to marry men with these physical features from Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Syria or Turkey.
Other friends were open to marrying a convert or member of another religion.

But trust your gut instincts and always put your own mental health & safety first.
From what I've seen those parents and grandparents that are committed exclusively to marriages within the family, same caste or nationality- they almost never change their mind.
Individuals with a history of disowning young relatives who disobey or disagree with them will do this as a matter of habit.
Good luck!
if your parents don’t like the idea and refuse then it sounds like racism
Original post by Angelic Roar
if your parents don’t like the idea and refuse then it sounds like racism

A lot of families have traditions of cousin marriage or caste endogamy that they are unwilling to ever give up.
Or want all their grandchildren to automatically have the same citizenship and pride in their ancestral heritage that they do.
In many countries, citizenship is inherited through the paternal line going back two generations.

Some very religious parents also have hostility towards reverts.
Fearing that the individual could decide to become non-practising again or pass on a genetic predisposition to opt out of religious traditions whenever it seems convenient to do so. Harsh views about heredity and parental upbringing.
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Original post by londonmyst
Is your family very culturally traditionalist?
With a preference for marriages between relatives, members of a similar caste background or only with individuals that have Pakistani nationality.

Some religious asian female friends who were looks attracted with a preference for guys with blue/green eyes or a paler skin tone but also wanted to marry a religious follower of Islam whose ancestors also practised the religion tended to marry men with these physical features from Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Syria or Turkey.
Other friends were open to marrying a convert or member of another religion.

But trust your gut instincts and always put your own mental health & safety first.
From what I've seen those parents and grandparents that are committed exclusively to marriages within the family, same caste or nationality- they almost never change their mind.
Individuals with a history of disowning young relatives who disobey or disagree with them will do this as a matter of habit.
Good luck!

M mother is sceptical about culture clash (which i obvs don't see as much being brought up in the same country), she's more concerned about his non-muslim family and their influence of our children etc. Also the what will people think, idea.

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