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So we had a long ass fight all through the night but she doesn’t know I have her phone password and iCloud password. So I took out an older iPhone and signed her in and got the text from iCloud please if help me translate it. She claims he’s just a taxi driver and they from the same village so she called him feker and it’s means nothing to her.

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Hi everyone. I’m hoping to hear from Ethiopians, Ethiopian Americans, or people who have grown up in Ethiopian families/relationships. I’m asking this genuinely and respectfully because I’m trying to understand my boyfriend better, not stereotype Ethiopian people or assume that every Ethiopian man thinks the same way.

For a little Context, I am American. My boyfriend is Ethiopian. He came to America in 2018 at 20 years old.
We have a child together, and we are also expecting another baby. I love him and I don’t want our relationship to end. We have built a life together, and despite the problems we’ve been having, I’m trying to understand where he is coming from rather than immediately assuming that the way he thinks or communicates is simply because he no longer cares for me.

I’ve noticed that we sometimes have very different ideas about relationships, responsibilities, communication, and what a partner should do for the other person.

For example, he seems to have fairly strong expectations about what a woman should contribute in a relationship and at home. Things like cooking, cleaning, groceries, managing money, taking care of the child, remembering family occasions, and generally keeping up with household responsibilities can be very important to him. Sometimes I feel like he expects me to notice and take care of things without him having to ask.

At the same time, when we have disagreements, I sometimes struggle to understand how he processes emotions. He isn’t always comfortable expressing things like “I love you,” “I care about you,” or “I want to stay together.” Sometimes when I’m upset and looking for reassurance, he becomes quiet or distant instead. He can also be very direct or critical when he thinks I’ve done something wrong, and sometimes he seems to believe that giving me space or being emotionally distant is appropriate during conflict.

I’m trying to understand whether some of this could be influenced by how he was raised or by Ethiopian cultural expectations around men, women, marriage, and relationships.
I want to keep in mind we both work full time hours.

I’m particularly curious about:

• What are traditional expectations of a woman/wife or girlfriend in an Ethiopian household?

• Are Ethiopian men generally raised with the expectation that the woman will manage most of the household responsibilities?

• How are men traditionally taught to express love and affection? Is verbal reassurance common, or is love more often shown through actions?

• How are disagreements and conflict typically handled in Ethiopian families?

• Is it common for men to become emotionally distant or quiet when they are angry?

What are traditional expectations around the man’s role versus the woman’s role in a relationship?

• How important is obedience, respect, or doing things the way the husband/partner expects?

• How are Ethiopian men typically taught to view women and their responsibilities within a family?

• Are there significant differences between older/traditional Ethiopian expectations and how younger Ethiopian men raised in the U.S. might approach relationships?

I realize Ethiopia is incredibly diverse, and there are huge differences between ethnic groups, religions, generations, families, and individuals. I am not asking whether “Ethiopian men are like this.” I’m trying to understand whether there are cultural beliefs or values that might help explain some of the differences between my boyfriend and me.

I also want to emphasize that I’m not looking for people to simply tell me to leave him. I understand that relationships can have unhealthy dynamics, and I’m capable of recognizing that. What I’m looking for right now is cultural perspective so that I can better understand how he may be thinking and where some of his expectations come from.

If you’re Ethiopian and willing to share what you were taught about relationships, marriage, gender roles, communication, and love growing up, I would really appreciate hearing your perspective.

Thank you.

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Hi all! I (30F) will be visiting Ethiopia and more specifically Addis Ababa for the first time. I’m coming from Zambia and I’ll be attending a conference for a few days and wanted to ask for suggestions for fun, culturally immersive, and budget-friendly activities. I think the area I’m lodging in is called Kazanchis, if that helps.

I’ve only ever been to Bole International Airport so I’m extremely excited to get a taste of Ethiopian culture. I enjoy going to museums, trying new foods (I really enjoy Ethiopian food), walking through markets, to name a few. Also wanted to ask if safety is something I need to worry about while going on excursions.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations/tips! 😇

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I am a habesha girl and I am attracted to and generally appreciative of Habesha men. Really, from my family members to my extended relatives to my friends and to the rest. I am glad that you guys exist. I am making this post in response to the low-iq attention-seeking "sharmutamaxing" Tiktok trend.

This is such a meaningless trend and movement. Sure there are gender inequalities and deep rooted problems within our culture. This is something that requires work, education and investment to fix. Hard on education and cultural investment. It is so meaningless to "sharmutamax" or identify oneself with a very degrading act and term as a response to our deep seated inequalities, while also denigrating the men from your culture for the whole world to see.

These people seem so dumb, attention-seeking and lost in their identity. And, no, this isn't me being a "pick-me". But, rather, I made this post to remind everyone that neither me, or non of the Habesha women I know think this way. Almost all of them are married to and attracted to habesha men. The women that are posting on Tiktok bashing Habesha men are a great minority and I hope everyone remembers that.

To anyone who might see this and immediately get angry at me or defensive, I really invite you to engage in deep self reflection regarding what your identity and culture mean to you. Why you would at any point find it acceptable to post on social media platforms generalizing, denigrating, and adopting odd terminologies for the whole world to see?

Do you consider this to be tackling deep rooted cultural problems? Is there really any point? Or are you in it for the reactions and the funsies?

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I'm in the USA and I've tried using my credit card and my bank's debit card to transfer money back to my family. Both denied the transfer using the CBE EthioDirect app. I called them and they can't help. What bank does anyone here use to send money back home? I don't want to pay the fees for a wire transfer when I'm only sending 10,000 or 20,000 birr.

When do you think the government will crack down on the abuse in the housing market, the way they did on the auto market

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Was the Orthodox Church institutionally hijacked by the political class at some point? Like instead of pointing the finger at haile selassie or whoever you just say “we pray to God to fix the famine” so they just get off relatively Scott free? My uncle was a Wayne/tigadalay guy (I think) and he used to tell stories of how he’d raid churches cause they were raping girls and extorting people n shit. I wanna know about church corruption. Thank you.

Whenever I wanted to learn something about Ethiopia's history and check books (whether in Amharic or English), most of them have this format of a chronicle and talk more about kings and the church and staff like that. I've never had the chance of encountering a book that depicts how regular folk during those times used to live. Like what were the most common boy and girl names during the Aksumite empire? What kinds of foods were served during festivities when Lalibela ruled? Upbringing of children, local myths/legends, etc. The kind of books that delve deep into anthropology, mindset and ways of life thousand years back.

I was recently discussing with a colleague the kind of trauma someone had experienced, and it made me think about our own experiences as Ethiopians.

We often talk about economic problems, conflict, family pressure, and other social challenges, but I wonder how much the way we were raised also affects us emotionally.

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I’m curious: Do you think childhood experiences and Ethiopian culture have influenced the way we communicate and handle emotions as adults?

What kind of experiences do you think are most common but rarely talked about?

I know there have been multiple threads made on here. The INVEA app is down, and the embassy is not responding. My passport is about to expire. Does anybody have any idea on how to get a passport renewed? It’s a frustrating situation, and no one seems to have the answer.

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