My daughter married someone from a completely different cultural background and now our family gatherings feel awkward because we don't know how to include traditions that feel foreign to us, and I can see her pulling away from family events because she feels like her husband doesn't really belong with us. We want to embrace them both but we're all fumbling through it and making it worse.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family is struggling to expand their definition of belonging when marriage introduces cultural practices and values that feel unfamiliar, risking the very connection they're trying to preserve.
“Where Are You with Family as belonging — and its limits?”
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.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.