Greek Family
WOMAN WILL NEVER BE GREEK ENOUGH FOR HUSBAND’S FAMILY, ABBY:
I married a Greek man whose family never accepted me. young and naive, I tried everything to fit in, from Catholicism to the Greek Orthodox faith, attending all functions, including them in our lives. It was never enough.
My and I traveled to Crete with his family to visit his relatives there, and extended family members refused to share the dinner table with because I was not Greek. One of those family was a priest!
Our daughter, “Athena,” was born four years later. What the camel’s back for me was a Christmas dinner when she 6. My father-in-law gave cards with $100 to all grandchildren of Greek heritage. Athena received nothing and cried for hours wanting to know why grandfather didn’t love her. My husband just tried to neutral.
Abby, how far should someone have to go fit in with their husband’s family?
— IRISH AGAIN NEW HAMPSHIRE