🎙️ Ep. 5 The Tea in Our Intercultural RelationshipEver wonder what it really takes to blend families, values, and traditions? In this week’s episode of The Couples Edition, we’re sharing what it’s *actually* like to blend cultures, traditions, and family expectations in our interracial marriage — from everyday routines to the wild drama at our wedding.We open up about our very different upbringings, how we’ve learned to honor both of our backgrounds, and the hard lessons we’ve learned about boundaries, compromise, and family. If you’re dating across cultures, married to someone with a different background, or just curious about what it takes to build a relationship that bridges worlds — this one’s for you.✨ New episodes every Friday!👉 Follow us on Instagram @theCouplesEdition for more relationship content.💌 DM us your questions & we’ll answer them in a future episode!👇 Jump to the good parts with timestamps:⏱ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 – Episode teaser00:38 – Intro02:50 – Our cultural backgrounds08:12 – Elie thinking independent from his culture10:31 – Differences between Elie & his family lifestyle13:28 – Gender norms between cultures17:19 – Do we have gender roles in our marriage?19:47 – Navigating family expectations & cultural differences25:02 – Addressing family drama26:53 – Unspoken expectations30:09 – Deep Dive Tea Time: How our cultural differences impacted our wedding!!33:44 – Buying the bride & traditional Congolese wedding36:15 – Dealing with uninvited wedding guests & getting a bouncer41:58 – Lying about our wedding start time43:50 – Turning people away from our wedding48:23 – The aftermath of the culture drama at our wedding 54:36 – Intercultural wedding takeaways - what we should have done different #interracialcouple #interculturalmarriage #relationshippodcast #weddingdrama #culturaldifferences #thecouplesedition #intentionaldating #bayareapodcast #relationshipadvice

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