You Cant Tell Me Who To Marry!

After reading the story “Marriage is a Private Affair” it made me see how sad I will be to have your own father disown you for marrying someone he did not like. Reading this story, it reminded me of my uncle. I know this blog is on our parent’s views about us marrying someone they did not approve of but my uncle lived with me for ten years, he was almost my second dad. My parents will not get in the way of me marrying who I want. They will be behind me in whatever I choose, they will give me advice to try to help me out or what they think but they will never stop me from marrying whoever I want. They would keep talking to me and never disown me. But I cannot help to think of what my uncle would say and how he will never accept it. A few years ago, he told me to my face that if I marry someone who is not Mexican or is not in our religion that he will never accept him and that he will disown me as his niece. I am very close to my family and to have my uncle say that he will disown me if I married someone he did not approve of, it like broke my heart. We cannot tell who we will marry or who we fall in love for but to have someone tell you that they will disown you from the family for that it is a huge slap in the face. Just by me having a friend who is outside of my race, my uncle is very mean to them. At times he ignores them like if they were never there. If I was to bring a guy who is outside my race to my house everyone will accept him but my uncle. It is wrong that someone would do that to a family member. For my uncle, he will disown me for marrying someone outside my race and religion. He will not talk to me and I also think he will say things to me and my husband.
I have not been in a relationship with someone outside of my race, religion yes but I do not really have boyfriends. Like when I was in high school I had a boyfriend he was Mexican and Christian. My whole family is Catholic. I brought him to meet my family and the very first question my uncle asked him was his religion and my boyfriend at the time had said his Christian. My uncle got so mad that he told him to get out of the house and never come back. I thought that was so disrespectful because to my eyes what is so wrong with a different religion. I did not talk to my uncle for about a month. My boyfriend at the time did not want to be with me with a crazy uncle like that. My uncle believes his own thing, even his wife does not approve of what he does. He still lives with me and if one day I fall in love with someone who is outside my race and or religion as long as my parents, my brothers and sister accept him then that is all should matter. I say that because no one should tell me who and who I cannot marry.

War, Love, and Religion Umm Dont Mix

Without a doubt, it is good that the United States wants to bring freedom and democracy to the Iraq region. There are just a couple problems with bringing people to change religions, freedom and democracy it is not going to be easy to do all that. We need to be real about that, people here in the United States have not changed, let alone people in Iraq. I think it is a good idea to do that so people have the freedom to say what they want and what they need without someone pointing a gun at them. It would be such a great accomplishment for the Middle East to have freedom and democracy. At the same time having dozens of people change their views on something that they have known since they were born, it will not help much. That is what is not good about trying to change things because people are use to something and no one can change that. Our soldiers that are over there right now are trying to help but they can only help for so long. The United States and I myself would be happy for them because they are the ones who are in more need then we are.
There is just problems to do those changes. In the United States, yes we are free to be in any kind of religion. You can be anything but to some people religion is everything. One of my friends is Christian and he can only marry a Christian girl, while his in love with a Jewish girl. People should have the right to be in any religion, I do not see anything wrong with different religions that is what makes the United States different we have the right to say what religion we want to be. It is just that people in the Middle East do not want change. The people do not see what they can really be in life. When it come to democracy, for them to have an election like we did when Obama and Hilary Clinton were running or Sonia Sotomayor to become Justice, we all know those people were saying we are crazy to be doing that. In the United States, many people hate that Obama is president, imagine the people in the Middle East. This is something I think, many people might not think the same but before we fix democracy in the Middle East, we need to fix ours. Let’s say if a women it does not matter her race but she is well educated, and well qualified to be president she will be a joke to dozens of people. There was so much controversy over Obama not being qualified. The freedom for people in the Middle East is going to be one of the hard ones because they believe it is wrong to have same sex marriage, feminists, abortions, women to have more freedom and many more things. It is wrong for that to happen but to make people change that view it is going to take some kind of miracle. It is a good thing to change their freedom for example how the men in the Middle East treat the women like they are door mats to them.

Its Peanut, Butter and Gelly Time Part 2 Lol

I do not really know what can describe me, my nickname is Gelly. I turned 21 today and I am counting down the days to Vegas (2 days). Let’s see… I have a big thing about music that is like my bible. I have been into music since I was younger. Now I am into so many different types of music such as Lady Gaga, Dr. Dre, Aventura, Vicente Fernandez, David Guetta, The Fray and so many more artists. I think that is why my iPod is always in my ear. I have a whole lot of different music in my iPod. I think I am going to need a bigger one soon. No matter what everyone can always catch me with my iPod in my ear and my cell phone in my hand with my Coach purse that carries my makeup and a whole mess of other things. I am forever texting, I am so happy that Verizon created the unlimited texting a couple years ago. Coach purses are such a love to me, now it is time to cut back on buying Coach Purses. Not only do I like Coach Purses but I also love fashion, clothing. My clothes style has changed a whole lot. I use to be such a tomboy then I became such a girl because of cheerleading and dance team. Now I like fashion, I like dress up, then again my job makes me dress nice. I have a thing about shoes and boots. I do not really wear regular shoes like vans, actually I need find them. Fashion just became one of my interests when I first went on a field trip to FIDM a fashion school. Ever since then, I have liked fashion and the clothes. I cut up some shirts now and wear them. The style network is one of my favorite channels when I can watch it. As for other shows, I do not really get to watch television anymore but when I do it is always the same shows like Americas Best Dance Crew, The Hills, Cold Case, CSI Miami, Bad Girls Club, anything with George Lopez and Bill Maher. I like to watch these shows because I like a different vary of shows. Americas Best Dance Crew because the dancing is always good to watch. The Hills and Bad Girls Club dang girl drama on television is pretty funny. CSI Miami and Cold Case, those crimes get my attention. Bill Maher he speaks a lot of truth and George Lopez is one of the funniest people on television. I got into all these shows because they seem to get my attention. I think that is a good way to describe me.
To add on, I am a big fan of Lady Gaga. Her telephone song and bad romance song are two of her best. My favorite food is pizza and tamales. I like to smile, I think it all defines me by being a happy person and I can be a little political. I like that law and political. I have an open-minded. I like to give out ideas. I am an open-book when I am not shy and I know what I am doing with my school. I think all these things make me a good person, I do not think I am a mean person. All my friends say I am their Oprah. Maybe I can be later on haha.