Nowadays more people get married to someone of a different culture than they ever did. Why is this happening? Discuss both benefits and demerits of this trend. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

The Internet have affected not only the economy, but also the romantic life of many people, due to the fact there are more marriages with partners from different cultural background. This essay will look at the possible causes of this tendency and explain why, in my opinion, this is a positive outcome. The main reason why there are more intercultural relationships is a result of the Internet use in our daily life. It has becoming part of all aspects of our routine, including the romantic sphere. It is through the use of dating apps, the enables people to connect with matches that are outside of the standard choices, that this trend is happening. A study of the University of Sidney highlighted that 68% of the couples who met online are from different cultures. The report also pointed out that 65% of these pairs would not persue dating someone from other culture if it was not for the apps. Therefore, the possibility if going out and end up marrying with a person from another country, for instance, was skyrocketed by the Internet. Marrying outside your culture is benefitial for two reasons. For one, it expands the overall knowledge about life and society, by being exposed to another habits and lifestyles. The other reason is overcoming prejudices towards some cultures, because living togheter provides a better understandig and, therefore dissolve any stereotype that one migh have. The negative part can appear both for the difficulty of adaptation as well as the possibility of one culture overcome the other. It can be daunting to adapt to a totally new culture, ranging from smaller details such as greetings to more important issues like religion. Regarding to the problem of one culture being predominant over the other, I am friend to a french-japanese couple. It was clear that the French was taking the lead in the house and the kids that they have were receiving more inputs from that culture. The japonese part was almost completely dismissed and that caused a lot of trouble in the relationship. In summary, marrying someone from another culture, to my mind, is a positive aspect of modern life. Although it has its difficulties, like any other relationship, if the coulple is able to balance the two sides out, they can create a interesting environment for their children to live in.