This post is about interracial marriages but is only based on stories or experiences that I have read in forums and news. From the moment I married my american husband, I have heard stories from friends and their friends about marriage problems partly because of culture differences and personal characteristics.
Problems about cultural differences is seemingly understandable because based on my own personal experience, it is really not that easy being in a foreign country alone by yourself even though, you already had a partner but still, your daily life is already different from the life that you have used to back home in your own country, where you grew up with the people you are closest to, your family. Changes in a foreign country varies depending on how you handle it. Some people can't handle the boredom, the food and just the entire new environment so, they choosed to go back home. Most of the time, cultural differences hurts the marriage especially if the other party is not that supportive with the other so they ended up getting a divorce.
A matter of personal characteristic also plays a huge role of why there's a lot of failed interracial marriages. It doesn't just apply to interracial relationship but to all types of relationships. In my own opinion, a relationship/marriage trouble where attitude is a problem, is mainly the couples fault. When you enter a marriage, you should already know that certain person inside and out and that's one big mistake to marry somebody for a short time, unless, you'll get lucky to find a really good person that you marry shortly after you met them. A lot of people experienced this kind of problem and though they knew the consequences before they got married yet they keep complaining about it.
Although, I already have said that it's the couples fault but there are also times that one person is just so good at hiding their real color especially when they are still in a dating period. It happens a lot. There are people who are born to have a real bad attitude and just so great at wearing a mask and hide the real them until they get married and burst it out to their unlucky partners.
Cultural differences, personal characteristics or whatever it is, a marriage of any kind should work if both partners are willing to try to keep it working. There are a lot of aspects that could help build a stronger bond in any relationship. You just got to find out what they are and work on it.
