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Scenario

How to Handle Language Barriers in Your Partner's Family

My Mexican girlfriend's family speaks Spanish around me at gatherings and I cannot tell if they are being welcoming or intentionally excluding me.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Language becomes both bridge and wall, leaving love suspended in the space between inclusion and interpretation.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Interracial and Cross-Cultural Partnerships?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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