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[GorillaGal]

GorillaGal, Wrote:
""I would have married my GC if he had asked. I took good care of him, and he, me. But like many of you, he HAS to marry a Cypriot.
And now you are concerned about what other countries think of you? """

When in 1967 I married my English wife there was indeed some efforts by my late father to dissuade me from doing so. I went ahead and married her just as my older brother had married his English wife 4 years earlier.

I'm still with my wife some 40 years later and so is my brother with his.

We do not have to marry Cypriots , we rather like to think that its best to but doesn't always follow. Here is an admission. My daughter born and raised in the UK , spoke no Greek , met and married a Cypriot in Cyprus , and made me extremely happy , ( I nurtured a dream that my daughter would marry a Cypriot ) the fact that not only is he a Cypriot but also a Pafitis !! My son has "married " an English girl and I adore her.

Miltiades,
Nothing makes me more happy than to hear stories like this, and i know there are many cross-cultural marriages. but I have alos learned how many og the GC, including my former boyfriend, want to stay with their own kind. it's rather sad if you ask me. this is planet earth, we are all in this together. i have dated many different nationalities, and they are were all wonderful. We can learn alot from each other by just opening our hearts. i believe i would be very happy had my GC invited me to join him, and i think i would have made him very happy. unfortunately, my birth certificate prevents that.

[saravakos]

thats messed up GGal

theres some hatred in here i see though...pretty much like when i go to cyprus and people find out i'm half Greek (not that its any difference to me), then the dirty looks start.

every race has its bad and good apples but i wouldnt change being Greek for anything.

[miltiades]

GorillaGal , he wasn't worth it , in fact he has done you a favour now do me a favour and get rid of that bloody awful avatar , with all due respect its such an annoying bloody monkey !!

[miltiades]

Sravakos , my dear friend , Greeks are not hated in Cyprus , who said that. If a " fatwa " was issued on all Hellenes I would be amongst the victims !!!

[GorillaGal]

GorillaGal , he wasn't worth it , in fact he has done you a favour now do me a favour and get rid of that bloody awful avatar , with all due respect its such an annoying bloody monkey !!

he did no such thing, and i will do no such thing.
the avatar suits my name, so until they let me upload my own photo to use as an avatar, it stays.

[cypezokyli]

GG if he really wanted he would have ask for it.
surely we have a lot of backward thinking in cyprus, and we too often get the advice from the mums not to marry a foreigner, but at the same time the number of mixed marriages in cyprus gives actually a complete different picture

[saravakos]

Sravakos , my dear friend , Greeks are not hated in Cyprus , who said that. If a " fatwa " was issued on all Hellenes I would be amongst the victims !!!

you're livin in cloud cuckoo land if you think theres not many people who hate Greeks. i've seen it 1st hand.

[reportfromcyprus]

My impression is that Greeks identify with Cyprus strongly and feel responsible about the situation here (to a certain extent). At the same time, there is a feeling of impatience, that things should be changing more quickly on the political front in Cyprus.

The thing is that Greece's national interests have changed from being an enemy to Turkey to being a potential ally. This is not me saying that, it's apparent in the new pipeline deals, the military detente and so on. Anyone who denies this is living in the past and doesn't realise that the regional alliances are changing.

Greece is constantly trying to smooth things over between Cyprus and Turkey - remember the S300 missiles and the role Greece played in controlling that situation? They are a guarantor power and have that responsibility, doubly so since everyone agrees that they are at least a partial cause of the occupation by Turkey.

Still, I think they want this situation resolved. That doesn't mean they don't feel the Greek-Cypriot's pain, they do, and any Greek will tell you that.

[andreasv]

My experience is that msot Greeks for some reason do not like Cypriots. Having lived in Australia for the past 22 years Greeks look down on Cypriots and certaily get pissed off if you say your are Greek.

That is why I feel that this Greek Cypriot / Turkish Cypriot is not a good thing for Cyprus or Cypriots. All UNITED we can call ourselves Cypriots.

[miltiades]

Andreasv , here here .