Angelina

very well said Vigil

so instead of finding excuses, try to be a good armenian. Armenians in Armenia are a people who have great love for its people in the diaspora. There is a statue of Charles Aznavura in Armenia, and during its opening the entire city of Gyumri where it opened was present to honor this "great son of armenia". hi, first of all let me clarify I have never stated that people who live in armenia do not have love for their country, however on the other hand I was telling the reality was I wrong? when I said they were distingushing irana hays from ameriga hays and so on? of course not I have experinced that on my own skin, but I will never say that the people who live in armenia do not love their country. Even we can see this in this country as well for instance extra hyes case, by the way extra hay sorry to hear that.

“If a people loose its language, it's looses its major way of distinguishing itself from the rest... don't forget, that an important part of the culture dies with it, such as art, literature, any written part of their history that is transmitted by this language..” True Domino, but it is a wrong philosophy to think that those Armenians who do not speak Armenian are not Armenians! The reason why I brought the question up because I myself have seen many Armenians who did not speak Armenian for variety of reasons, were always isolated and treated badly from those who did speak Armenian. For instance still now days if you go to Armenia you would hear people saying your irana hay, your amerga hay etc.. Your Armenian is not proper Armenian and so on…. so I disagree when it comes to judging someone just because of how well they speak Armenian. They might not speak any Armenian, but in their hearts they are always Armenians.

In the dictionary I have noticed the word scori I would like to stress that it is not an Armenian word. The scori comes from Russians meaning emergency I have no clue why they included the word scori in Armenian dictionary. The word for scori in Armenian would be shtap ognution.

sirats also can mean lover.

Domino you do make good points the language is a part of culture and plays big role, but what about those people ( i mean armenians) who were raised in a different country, and weren't allowed to speak their own language. Will your definition be that they are not armenians?

NO it is not me it is my twin so stop looking at it otherwise my husband will freak out

I think you made a great point. Even I myself notice that very often when guys can not stop looking at you, and it makes you feel very uncomfortable. It always makes me think why would people look at someone when they know they are allready married? but i guess it is a guy thing.

The only thing what amazes me isn’t there good girls in America? It is in our psychology that if we go to Armenia we will find this angel girls, but is it true in all cases? I personally don’t think so. For instance so many Armenian “hamest” as we call them come to U.S and few months after they become worse then people who were raised in here. So I think it all depends on the family and how kids were raised in the family.

Hi Anka Things do happen in life, but I think everything happens for a reason russian have saying " netu xuda bez dabra" chka charik arands bariki. I consider you should be happy whatever happened now can you imagine if you found that later in life? Just keep working on your education, and the best things will come later in life. I strongly believe in that. And when it comes to age I do not really think age really plays big role if the couples are successfull in their relationship thats what is the most important of course i am not talking about 30-40 yrs older. Don't be disapointed, instead be happy because we all learn from our mstake. "Don't cry because it is over smile because it happened". Take care

But we were not talking of sticking their noses in personal matters this is completely different issue. As you said you always made your decision that is a good sign you are independent and that is great, having respect has nothing to do with your own decision-making. I hope you are getting my point. Well it seems to me you grow up in environment where you did not receive enough love or at least something was missing because of the way you write. Sounds like you are really hurt I am not quite sure what they have done in your life that made you to dislike them. Honestly I am speechless I can not really tell what they have done to you that makes you feel this way. Note: Angelina, I fixed your quotes , vava

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Screw family Place yourself in parent situation and your kid is answereing the same answer as you advicing to others. How would you feel? Wasn't your parent who rased you? educated you? etc.. and after all you say screw them? Sometimes we think we are too smart, but ignoring our parents is not the right answer. Just for sure i know one thing what goes around comes around if you ingnore your parents, the time will come to you to.

Hi Ayleena I do not think you can make your parents to like her, it is something that comes from inside of their hearts most of the parents do not aprove inter-racial marriges. They might get over that later in life, but it is still hard to predict whether they will or not. I think now you are in love, and you do not see what your parents see and think is the right thing for you to do. I am not saying Armenians better then any other nations it is just hard for most of us to accept people who do not belong to our culture, religion or language. My advice to you will be do not rush and get married right a way take your time and get to know her really well, and after while you will make your conclusion if she is the really the one you want to spend your life with or you really would like to have someone who shares your own culture, traditon and religion. Good luck I hope everything works out for you and your family.

I would go with his/her personality. In my opinion beauty outside lasts for a short time but beaty inside lasts forever. So definently I will go with who they are really are.