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Hey everyone. So something that I have been thinking a lot about is culture. We have talked about cultures in class for the last few classes and also how gender can effect family culture. Something that I have been thinking about is how my family culture differs/will differ from my older sister's family culture. We were both raised in the same family and were taught and raised the same (obviously there were small differences, but for the most part we were raised the same), we also have both been married for a little over 2 years.  Growing up, my sister was the girly girl of the family. She never liked getting dirty or doing things outside, she didn't like playing any sports, and always wanted to look nice/pretty. I loved (and still love) sports. I played basketball, football, and baseball in junior high and high school. I wasn't really in to guns or motorbikes, but I did like hanging out with my guy friend and camping or watching action movies. I would consider myself a sport guy. Our spouses are very different from each other. My wife is a girly girl who loves fashion, shopping, making crafts, looking good, and making things look good. My brother in law is a manly man. He loves riding his dirt bike, snowmobiling, paint balling, doing any extreme sports, and pretty much anything outside. Since we have been married, I have become a little less of a "manly man" and become more sensitive (I still love sports and action movies, but I don't do those kinds of things as much because I know that my wife doesn't enjoy them). Instead of going to watch a basketball game or going to throw a frisbee around, we will go to a play or a classical music concert. Or instead of going on a hike, we will go walk around the mall. My sister on the other hand has become a little bit more likely to go for a ride on the quads or go for a hike (things that she never would have done before she was married). It is interesting for me to see these changes in myself and my sister and to wonder what our family culture will be like when we have kids, and how our children will interact with each other. Neither of us are pregnant, so I will have to wait to see how these interactions will happen, but I am curious and excited to find out.