I would first like to thank everyone for taking the time to reply my post. I think most of the responses have been great. I guess I am being too hard on myself. As the last poster has stated I really have not been given the best cultural foundation and therefore probably would not have the same ideals as someone raised in Nigeria. I guess my greatest concern is loosing the little of my culture that I do have. Sometimes I feel like being an American born Nigerian is like being biracial, to an extent. I really do have a great guy so I am going to focus on that rather than focusing on something that is non-exist. For the poster that said I am a "functional" Nigerian. I completely know what you mean and took it in that context. Functional means "capable of operating or functioning as" which I do function as an American on a day to day basis. Again, thank you all for taking the time to reply to what may seem an unimportant or trival topic,  but  it is really impotant to me, any other comments are much appreciated. God bless.

Hello

I am a 26 year old Nigerian woman born in the US.  I have been dating my boyfriend since high school, and  I love him and would like to marry him one, but I have some apprehensions about it. We are both college educated and I am currently a medical student. My boyfriend comes from a two parent home n which both of his parents are college educated and still together (rare in this day and age) I constantly find myself wondering what the future holds for us. My boyfriend doesn't know very much about the Nigerian culture and to tell the truth I only know as much as I have been taught by my parents. I have visited Nigeria a few times, but thats about it. I really do not want to loose my culture, but feel that I may, and my children will not know anything about it. My parents are very open-minded about our relationship although I know that they would prefer me to marry a Nigerian. My boyfriend is the perfect man the only thing he is not is Nigerian. Am I wrong for having apprehensions about our future? Are my concerns valid? I would like the opinion of posters because I am confused.