Why westernized countries have a hard time with marriage & family?

The first thing that comes to mind when i think of 'westernized' are anglo-saxons from western europe/america/australia etc... Even going to those countries you feel a sense of lonliness. Divorces, individualiality, socially liberal, lacking customs/ traditions. While latins, slavics asians etc. you feel right at home because the community is to close knit and relatives are so close. Just the hospitality is amazing!Why westernized countries have a hard time with marriage %26amp; family?
Well, I certainly don't think we lack customs and traditions. Go to Scotland, then go to Yorkshire, then visit London, and spend time with people at each place, and tell me we are all the same, without our own customs and culture, our own traditions and history. Then visit a few other western European countries before heading off to the US of A, and tell me that we are all the same - we clearly are not, although there may be crossover and similarities we are certainly not lacking in our own cultural identities.


Maybe the sense of lonliness you describe in these countries is down to the fact that: You do not know many people n those places and you have preconceived negative vies of the people and the culture.


I imagine, as a western european, that if I were to spend time in an asian/slavic/latin country I could also feel the sense of isolation you describe, as I would not know people nor would I be familiar with the customs and social rules of the place.


I have always found my fellow countrymen to be friendly and hospitable as a general rule especially in the north of england. I would say perhaps we are not as tactile as some other cultures but that certainly does not mean we are lacking in feeling - we display it in different ways.


Individuality is a wonderful thing, and I love the fact the people in my country can be indivduals without fear of condemnation from the communtiy/society.


Divorce rates being high? well, I would ratehr that than people locked in miserable relationships as was the case until midway through the last century. Society being liberal? Well, thats a good thing - it allows fr creativity, freedom of expression, a melting pot of ideas and thoughts that allows people to realise their potential if they so choose.


Many people would not like to live in one anothers pockets, and many people in westernised countries have a wonderful connection with their families - we just dont have to live in the same house or village to do so.


I personally feel ';at home'; somewhere where I am free to be myself, yet knowing that support is there whenever I want it. I am familiar with the norms and values of my society and would not feel as ';at home'; ina different culture. But hey, we are ALL individuals, and the fact that every country is different means we can choose to live where we feel most at homeWhy westernized countries have a hard time with marriage %26amp; family?
Hello! English, married (happily) four children. Parents happily married for 50 years. In-laws same. Brother happily married for ten years with child. Live in street full of happy and functional families. Friends mostly married with families. Village full of delightful people. Cricket on the Village Green, Church on Sundays, lunch at the pub on the Green with friends and neighbours. Remembrance Sunday, this Sunday will be attended by the whole Village. Plenty of hospitality, community and happy families around here!!
Hands up for divorces. I would rather know that there is an option to get out of a shi**y marriage, than to have to sit with a stupid smile on my face like some other women I know of, afraid to break tradition from an SOB of a husband, I also know of them too. It is all a lie anyway when you do stay married to satisfy certain customs! Funny that some of THOSE people seem to want to break their necks just to get into our horrible countries.
look, get out of your dream world


I lived around this world pretty much


women in eastern countries are really treated like dogs even if they have money.


Husband blatantly have mistresses,


wives [kids, elders] are beaten w/ no recourse


no respect, the men have babies w/other wives or g.f.'s


Asain women, even an asain female doctor i know lives in squalor compared to our American standards.


doesn't even own a car


Women in eastern countries all have to suck up to the men in their lives.


If dad touches them it simply isnt talked about.


yes there is family around but much adultery, much drinking, very much resentfulness between inlaws,


Everyone wants a peice of the American pie, from Holland to Turkey to China to Alaska I've been in many countries, women have it bad, but they don't always admit it.


However Italy, France and Germany, England where I worked; women have a chance at respect
Funny but being military I can't say as I ever felt ';right at home'; among Slavic's. They are very cold towards ';strangers';. Obviously you've never been a part of a Greek or Italian home. Talk about tradition! And being that I'm part Scottish and part Irish, I can tell you that both of those sides of MY family ar very traditional, and other than my own immediate family my extended family never turned anyone from their door. Could it be that only the people of those nationalities YOU know personally are that way...maybe knowing YOU has something to do with it?
If you've never spent time out side the USA, then you don't have a clue!


Some countries, kill rather than divorce


some cut off the noses of the cheating spouse


some just let the other leave, with ';good luck'; to ya!


France is the most open, you can leave, or have a open relationship,


if its about sex (or the lack of it).


Italy is much the same way!


It costs $25. to marry in the USA, and cost $$$thousands$$$ to end it!


and then the scorn the locals attach to you, making you drag, it publicly thru the streets!
Here in America women are raised to feel like queens and feel deserving of EVERYTHING! American women in general don't know how to cook, clean or raise kids yet feel they are queens...this is a recipe for disaster when it comes to marriage. Latin women are brought up different to respect the family and love their husbands.
Maybe because people in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, etc pretty much still live with traditional morals and expectations that are old school (man owns wife) styled.
Marriage and family often take second place to career in western countries
Gross generalization: how western!
it could have a lot to do with the materialism %26amp; shallowness %26amp; overt sexuality that's inflicted via the media
Hahaha...it's funny ! Remember you never know what is going on behind those closed doors !
B/C all they care about is money