Greek Families!

Greek families are always very close. Family is definetly the number one priority in Greek's lives. If you have seen the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", you'll understand what I'm talking about. We are also very close with our extended family and we have a lot of respect for our elders. If we have close, familly friends, we tend to call them aunt and uncle, because we think of them as part of our family. Respect towards your parents is huge. It is very customary to ask for your parents blessing in marriages and other things. Our Greek Orthodox religion in very important to us and God and the Virgin Mary are thought of us our parents. Overall, family is the most important thing to us. Family get togethers are very, very common. We have close relationships with even our extended family.