Saturday, November 29, 2008

Introductions.

Gori. It means white girl. In Urdu and also Hindi, spoken in India and Pakistan. And that is what I am - a white girl.

I married a Pakistani guy a few years ago. We've been married for more than 5 years, but I already feel like an honorary Pakistani. With that comes a lot of interesting experiences, people, travel and food. Some of that is really really good. Great. Spectacular. And some of it is....a little trying. We'll try to cover BOTH! My life is pretty different than it used to be. Heck - I'm different than I used to be. 

I remember that when I first met my husband, I searched high & low for any information about Pakistan and Pakistani culture I could find. I didn't always find what I was looking for. My writing here will at the very least leave some information for gori girlfriends to have peak into what the gori wife life is like. Welcome!



5 comments:

Gori Girl said...

Hmmm... it seems you've stolen my user name, of sorts. :-P (kidding). I look forward to reading more about your relationship.

The Gori Wife said...

Hi Gori Girl! I don't think I stole the name from you. I was being called Gori back before I got married, unfortunately, and every time I travel to Pakistan, that's probably the #1 word I hear. Great to know there are others like me out there. I love you site, too - what a great source of information.

Humna said...

Hi, I am a pakistani girl, currently living in london. Just read a lot of your blog and I just had to comment. You are one of the nicest people i have ever read online, and so charmingly accepting of where other people would get burdened or strained with, which is keeping up with a different culture! loved it! will keep reading! :)

ThaĆ­s said...

I am very happy to read your blog ....
I read many good things, and necessary
to nine months dating via internet an Afghan living in Pakistan since childhood ...
and I have no idea when we'll know .... let alone get married .....
I'm still at the end of the faculty of pedagogy, I do specialization ...
only then can we make plans for our future together ..........
just say it was a gift in my life .......
managed to change my life in a way that even if I could live 300 years.

Here is a gori also ..... LOL

Syed Tayyab Ali said...

It is really nice to see a blog about gori experiencing pakistani culture.