I am a Canadian man who has been married to a Colombian woman for 8 years now though I have known her for longer. We met in Canada. We are both Catholic and strive to follow our faith. We live in Canada currently. I had bad experiences during our dating period. Her friends were mostly Latin and I struggled to mix in. They would make fun of my bad Spanish. There was one guy in the group who was just sleazy as well and that rubbed me off the wrong way big-time. I stopped going to their gatherings at some point. We got married eight years ago and while things were ok, I started to see similar observations with my wife's family. Her sister would joke with me abt my Spanish as well. Her mom speaks no English and I tried my best to learn. My language skills got better over time. However, as I got to know their culture more, I observed how PROUD the people were about their country and I mean this in an almost distorted way - borderline, my country is better than yours kind of views. My mother-in-law last summer met a friend of mine who also married a Colombian. She was impressed by how his Spanish was fluid and I felt that was her way of down-playing me. I told her that there are many countries and languages in the World and that Spanish is not the only one. I found that my lack of Spanish has obviously affected our communication to the point that they probably barely know anything about me. Recently, with the Copa America tournament, I was disgusted by the level of patriotism shown and how they would bash other countries in doing so. It seemed so distorted. Anyways, I am struggling with dealing with the Latin culture. It is too proud and strong I find even if they are living outside of Colombia. I just wanted to share my experience and see if anyone else has had the same struggles. Please share if you feel like doing so.