odumchi:

Why is my name even mentioned here?

afam4eva:
No, i'm not married. But i might end of marrying a Yoruba chick.

afam4eva:
i've never really clicked with Igbo girls because they're very powerful and strong and can be domineering considering the fact that i'm a very quiet person.

Okija_juju: I'm a product of an inter-tribal marriage.. I can tell you for free that it wasn't easy.. Infact my grandpa sought of gave my mum to my dad grudgingly..

I am currently engaged and my fiancee is also not of my tribe.. I'm lucky as her father is an American trained graduate and sees the world differently..

Marriage should not be hinged on tribe but on the personality and compatibility of the parties involved.. If a Yoruba woman is what floats your boat by all means marry her.. You have the full support of alusi Okija.. However, be prepared to eat peppery food and oily soup for the rest of your life..

eastOFwest: I'm married to a Yoruba woman, 10 yrs & counting, 2 beautiful kids and I'll do it all over again. There was no resistance at all from our families despite the fact that her family is Moslem & I'm Christian.

I always found same tribe marriages boring and so so. Growing up I was always intrigued by people who had cousins from other tribes, especially from outside their geopolitical area. I thought it was cool & always knew I'll go that way. We feel very proud that we playing our little part towards integration amongst tribes in Nigeria & strengthening our gene pool.

We both come from what you might call middle class professional parents families. We had also spent a considerable amount of time growing up in areas outside our geopolitical zones, although she'd never lived in the SE & I'd never lived in the SW. I've come across so many Yoruba men/women married to Igbo men/women but I'm yet to come across a "typical/traditional" Yoruba man/woman married to a "typical/traditional" Igbo woman/man.

afam4eva:
I've aiways wondered this too. That just goes to show that most peope invoved in intertribai marraiges are not reaiiy typicai peope from their tribes and some of them cannot even speak their ianguae. I'm stiii waiting for the day when a typicai Igbo man based in Isi-Aia-Ngwa wiii marry a typicai Yoruba women from the interiors of Ogbomoso and not the usuai Igbos and Yorubas who are based in Iagos

JallowBah: He is a gambian fulani, I am a norwegian...norwegian.
The cultures are actually not too different in some ways, but in others again, veery different.
Our biggest challenge has been the language. He speaks street-english, cause he never went to school, and I speak school-english. It has been some big misunderstandings;; our biggest fights have been because of just misunderstaning each other.

But it works. Very good, actually. I never thought I would fall inn love with someone so different, but still so much like me.
I would, like someone else said, marry him over and over again.

And I might add: Some of his familymembers love me, others wish he did not marry a white woman.
In my family, its the same. Mostly because he is a muslim, and dont have papers in Norway, and therefor can not work here.

trae_z: Hoping to join you guys in about a year. I'm Igbo, she's Yoruba. By default would have preferred someone from my tribe but she fits the bill and who am i to let a great thing slip away.

P/S: Chukwuemeka Ike's "Toads for Supper" is one of the books that have fascinated me since i was a kid. So I'm happy to be somehow living the dream.

afam4eva:
lol...Umu Ada anyi amaka but oburo sonso ihu kachasi nma. A na me neta omume na ihe ndi ozor.

semid4lyfe:

Been viewing you & hussie's pics and they're cute. Wish you the best of married life

gree-die:
My uncle married an itshekiri woman, we welcomed nd loved her but it didnt stop her from uprooting my uncle from anytin igbo, so, my granny has dis belief dat inter- tribal marriages r doomed...

I dont tink i can muo aka ekpe na nka, imu ba asusu, uka, omenala ndi ozo ga ebu'm aka now besides my fiance bu onye igbo and o nwere ihe nile m choro na nwoke.

Dat doesnt mean i dont support inter- tribal marriage. I believe dat wen u see someone u want to settle down wit, u should irrespective of d tribe....

afam4eva: One of the ways through which inter-tribal marraiges work is if the two couples decide to let go of their ethnic affnitity and pursue a common one. It;s rare to find an Ohaneze Chieftain who seeks for the betterment of Igbo land it's people getting married to an Owambe Yoruba lady who knows nothing else but to speak, eat and sleep Yoruba.

ifyalways:



He's from Kafanchan!

E jighi ihe a gutara na forum eme ihe obula. Ihe nile wu akuko ifo. Uche gi di ya, Nwanne .

JallowBah: He is a gambian fulani, I am a norwegian...norwegian.
The cultures are actually not too different in some ways, but in others again, veery different.
Our biggest challenge has been the language. He speaks street-english, cause he never went to school, and I speak school-english. It has been some big misunderstandings;; our biggest fights have been because of just misunderstaning each other.

But it works. Very good, actually. I never thought I would fall inn love with someone so different, but still so much like me.
I would, like someone else said, marry him over and over again.

And I might add: Some of his familymembers love me, others wish he did not marry a white woman.
In my family, its the same. Mostly because he is a muslim, and dont have papers in Norway, and therefor can not work here.

Jb gurl: i can neva b attracted 2an igbo man.lailai. U shld naw use energy 2kil me.no o o.and they can eat ehnn,i no fit sleep inside kitchen 24/7

centje: hi dear,i followed ur "hair style thread" frm pics u posted and together with ur post here. i got ur not a nigerian. So i want to know what drew ur attention to nairaland and what do u like abt this forum?

JallowBah:

I was at work, googling discussions about fulanis, as my husband is fulanis..this forum, and topi ( wich is filled up with aout 4-9 white women who got bumsters who cheated onn them ) came up. I started reading a little bit here, and found it interesting

centje: that's great,i like your spirit. Your welcome naijaland. Am following you,hope u will reciprocate.

semid4lyfe:


Been viewing you & hussie's pics and they're cute. Wish you the best of married life



In the same boat too. Was also fascinated by Toads For Supper but didn't like the way it ended. . . .