admin | October 7, 2010
Judging by the huge number of publications in newspapers, Americans attach a great importance to weddings – but, as in Russia, it has different meanings. For example, one couple that had not had enough savings for the celebration decided to hold the event as kings anyway with the help of sponsors. The sponsors invested about 25 thousand dollars into the wedding logistics, were invited to the ceremony each bringing their advertising leaflets. I do not know whether it was effective for the sponsors to participate in it (for it was prohibited to directly advertise their businesses at the wedding), but the enterprising couple decided to build their new business based on this idea.
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admin | October 5, 2010
The hardest part was to create the ritual itself. As a Russian citizen, I was eager to skip the official part, but Dan and Jim (our minister) always brought me back to the American reality. As a result, we spent a lot of time pondering on our marriage vows so that every word would be meaningful. We also discussed the possibility of signing a marriage contract and our feelings on the matter.
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admin | September 23, 2010
In the USA, we could get married anywhere. Moreover, Colorado was one of several states, which recognized the right of a couple not to register an official marriage, but simply to declare themselves to be a husband and a wife.
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Liubov | August 12, 2010
This went on for six months. I carefully considered all costs without integrating budget items. I wanted to explore the quality of our life and to prove the necessity (or efficiency) of change having figures at hand. Six months later, I presented a financial report of all the colors of the rainbow, in which each budget item was calculated as a percentage from the total costs. And then something unexpected happened. My husband said, “Interesting. I would like to discuss it with you”… Our battles for rationality shifted into a discussion of efficiency, and it was a completely different level of relationship.
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Liubov | August 6, 2010
Imagine that you are going to marry a bright, intelligent, decent and sensitive man with a great sense of humor, who, without a doubt, loves you. And then, when you arrive to his country, you meet just the opposite: a dark and closed person, who resists the slightest attempt of your intrusion into his life. In addition, you have neither driver’s license nor money (that is, you are absolutely dependent on him regarding the transportation and inhabitancy), you have no connections, your knowledge of the foreign language is pretty poor and you have no idea of what you could do to succeed in the new environment. This was my starting point of living here.
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