Personal Narrative-Couples In My Culture

Couples in My Culture While my parents gave me important values that I now carry with me in viewing relationship if I had to point at a relationship I would have to choose that of my maternal grandparents. Growing up I always looked up to them as one of the happiest couple I have laid eyes on. It was a love that radiated as soon as they walked through the door. While I grew up assuming that they were married, I found out that they were not later on during my adult years. This was a partnership that has lasted 60 years. While my grandfather has passed away, my grandmother cherishes her love him to this date. This commitment with now civil or religious binding is something that could only strive for. More importantly it left me with questions as to what determines a healthy and enduring relationship.
My Cultural Norms I was brought up in a devoted Roman Catholic family. Within the small town of San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, my family was well known for their involvement in church and are always recognized within the community. Religion …show more content…
What I got from it was that it is important to experience a partner in order to have a healthy and enduring relationship. I need to be able to feel safe to communicate in a carefree manner the full range of my personally, and I need to experience that of my partner. I believe that I need to be fundamentally be ok with who I am as a person to be able to express myself in this way and I expect the same of my partner. This communication could be misguided by external factors which is why I feel my grandfather recommended to disconnected from outside stimulation. This level of closeness with another person goes beyond sexual chemistry and attraction in my opinion. I think that the moments that we have this authentic communication with our partners are the once that we label as intimacy within a