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S1: Kara writes Garrett. My boyfriend and I are engaged. Though

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S1: we are from different cultures. What areas do you think

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S1: we should address before getting married?

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S2: I would suggest such practical things as spending time in

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S2: each other's culture. That is, spend some time with his

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S2: parents and their culture. He spends time with the with

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S2: your parents and your culture. And not just the families,

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S2: but also the general culture. What do people in that

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S2: culture do? What are the differences between the cultures? You

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S2: ought to be able to delineate this. You know, my

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S2: background is cultural anthropology. Families are organized differently, and people

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S2: in different cultures respond in different ways. So learn everything

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S2: you can about each other's culture. I'm not saying you

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S2: shouldn't get married across cultural lines. I'm saying you shouldn't

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S2: do it blindly.

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S3: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of the Five Love Languages.

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