Here people from all over the world share brief personal stories about experiences that are not often talked about. Their audiance learn about different ways and values of life. Musicians give the stories the right tone.
Forced to marriage by her parents at the age of 19. Just two days after the marriage all the problems with the husband started. Now the young Indian woman from New Delhi is separated from him, but still not legally divorced. She wants her life and her freedom back. How could all this happen? Listen what she has to say about it. © Schuhfried
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All marriages hit turbulent times sometimes, but when it’s your own children involved, it can be very painful and difficult to watch. More difficult is knowing what to do. Do you let the couple know how you feel? What to do? A mother tells of her pain having seen two of her children’s marriages collapse. She reflects on the marriages and on the fact that she did not speak up: “Maybe I should have said something” ©radioCORE
Intermarriage between people of different cultures, religions and ethnic backgrounds might seem as something normal nowadays, but this has not always been the case. A white British woman in her 70s candidly recalls the first years of her marriage to her Hindu-Indian husband while living both in India and Britain in the 1960s and about how she navigated difficult situations in both cultures. © radioCORE
The challenges of starting a new relationship after a previous marriage breaks down. Relationships are never easy, but when this involves two people who come together after a previous marriage, handling the new situation with children, ex-wives and ex-partners brings an extra complexity to the new couple. A woman tells her story. She has not only learned to love and trust again but also how to balance the relationship with her own daughter, her new partner, her partner’s children and ex-wife. © radioCORE
Drawing on years of work as a psychologist, Terri Apter, PhD, psychologist, writer and Senior Tutor at Newham College, University of Cambridge, explores the intricacy, friction and the bonds within couples and their in-laws. Apter explains how in some instances these tensions cause friction within families and can even put the best marriages at risk. © radioCORE
