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looking back on all of it, i think i was a whole lot luckier than most..
first off, my wifes family comes from Kerala, the southern province, and are catholic..second, her parents both moved to germany at an early age to study, and met there...they weren't 'aranged' like many....
when my wife and i met years ago, i was invited to dinner with her parents, and we all got along really well, didnt' bother them in the least that i wasn't indian..
that alone is practically unheard of from what i've seen..
more than a few of her indian girl friends had to hide their relationships..
it was a bit of a minor scandal so to speak that their daughter was dating me, and more than a few folks stepped to her dad about it, but he camly told them all to shove it...that they weren't living in india any more and that she could date whomever she wanted...now, all of this is over a decade ago, and all of those same people in the indian community that had a problem with me treat me like a son too..
(helps that i play dutiful son in law at the big parties and serve them all their scotch...) that, and the fact that i know more about bollywood movied than even they do now... ;)anyhow, i'm waaaaay lucky...
my older brother (posts here on NT as 'turtle' dated a punjabi girl for about a year or two..and her parents were pretty frickin livid about it...as for toronto NT drinks..hell yeah..i've missed the last few, and have been dying to go the next one..