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Traditions ...
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25 May 2007 Fri 10:23 am |
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Maybe cause you are foreigner. So they just respect your culture and traditions i thougth and dont need that.
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25 May 2007 Fri 10:26 am |
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Quoting Umut_Umut: Maybe cause you are foreigner. So they just respect your culture and traditions i thougth and dont need that. |
Yes that could be the reason. Thats a good thing, if they would leave the option to the (foreign) groom and bride to be, they know their families best!
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25 May 2007 Fri 10:28 am |
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For example my cousin married with an USA girl. And so we didnt do Kız istemek too 
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25 May 2007 Fri 10:40 am |
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Quoting Umut_Umut: For example my cousin married with an USA girl. And so we didnt do Kız istemek too |
Hehe yes. That would be an expensive kız istemeyi 
I always wonder about it. I went to a kına gecesi once. I really loved the atmosphere but I would never want to have kına hands on my weddingday. So maybe I will do the kına gecese two months before 
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25 May 2007 Fri 10:56 am |
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Quoting Umut_Umut: 
After kına you can immediately clean your hand  so no problem ehehe but be careful do not catched
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Hehe ok İ thought it wasnt something you could wash easily. I had turkish neighbours and their kids always had it (i always thought it was scary when I was young), and I consider they took showers daily too but they still had it all the time. So thats why i thought that 
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25 May 2007 Fri 11:09 am |
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My dear Friends,
I am so thankful to all of you and your idear for it. Actually this Forum I start to like more and more
Thanks a lot again
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25 May 2007 Fri 11:14 am |
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Your welcome
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26 May 2007 Sat 03:41 pm |
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I got engaged to my fiance (Yilmaz) in December and we had this ceremony. It was wonderful and I did feel like a princess. His brother-in-law acted on behalf of my father. We (my fiance and me) are both older and that is how his brother-in-law stated it. That we were older, and could make our own decisions and decided to marry.
My fiance's sister had her engagement ceremony two days before, and it was wonderful to be a part of. It also got me prepared for what to expect for mine.
Now, regarding the coffee thing, I know that my future sister-in-law put salt in her fiance's coffee (this was on the advice of his friends). We wanted to see if he would drink it without saying anything. He didn't. I forgot to do it when I served Yilmaz his coffee.
I love tradition and it meant a lot to me to be a part of this Turkish tradition. I hope to introduce Yilmaz to some of my Italian heritage traditions.
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26 May 2007 Sat 03:55 pm |
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Goodness we didn't do it because I couldn't make turkish coffee if my life depended on it We just had an imam nikah and nothing more because I didn't know anything about traditions at the time, but I'm really regretting that now. Inşallah we'll do the whole thing when it's time for resmi nikah.
You have to do the kına gecesi it's so nice!
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