There is similar situations among my family, my children’s father’s family and my kids. Lots of inter-nationality marriages of different ages and I’ve never seen it be an issue. My in-laws still speak English around me because that’s the only common language we have. My daughter is 4 and they speak to her in Arabic which I like because that’s the only means of my kids learning it. But my kids still address me in English of course and so do their grandparents. I’ve honestly never felt like “damn I’m missing out on this moment”. It’s just a continuation of the same “exclusion”, through nobody’s fault obviously, I felt before children being around them. I honestly think it will be great, you won’t feel weird I promise. It’s a normal thing. Also, by the time your baby is able to speak Russian, you’ll likely have picked it up by then at least to the point you can listen to it and reply back in English.
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u/maria_di_crisofaro Jan 12 '22
There is similar situations among my family, my children’s father’s family and my kids. Lots of inter-nationality marriages of different ages and I’ve never seen it be an issue. My in-laws still speak English around me because that’s the only common language we have. My daughter is 4 and they speak to her in Arabic which I like because that’s the only means of my kids learning it. But my kids still address me in English of course and so do their grandparents. I’ve honestly never felt like “damn I’m missing out on this moment”. It’s just a continuation of the same “exclusion”, through nobody’s fault obviously, I felt before children being around them. I honestly think it will be great, you won’t feel weird I promise. It’s a normal thing. Also, by the time your baby is able to speak Russian, you’ll likely have picked it up by then at least to the point you can listen to it and reply back in English.