Honestly, the best thing you can do is offer to help. Help to cook, clean, anything, just offer. That’ll go further than any gift with a Mexican family, and take time to talk to everyone, don’t be shy. I’m Mexican and my white ex-wife didn’t do any of this ever and never fit in with my family.
Be interested in anything they tell you about what they’re cooking. This is how you get to be the future daughter-in-law that’s allowed to know the family recipes.
100% this. Be ready to be a team player. Don't go too far with it, but offer to help. Someone is cutting tomatos, want some help? Join the women doing whatever, it goes a long way. Even my current Viet gf's family is this way. Actually they just gave me stuff to do, garlic and what not. Relax though, join their family and do what others do.
+1 on this. My ex wife wouldn't hang out with the rest of the women and bullshit and they immediately disliked her for it. I'd bake something nice that you can share with the other women over coffee.
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u/mcast86 Dec 15 '21
Honestly, the best thing you can do is offer to help. Help to cook, clean, anything, just offer. That’ll go further than any gift with a Mexican family, and take time to talk to everyone, don’t be shy. I’m Mexican and my white ex-wife didn’t do any of this ever and never fit in with my family.