What do you think of interracial couples?

Wooah I don't know what is up where you guys live but I'm about to marry a Chinese immigrant and I have gotten no problems from any of my friend. Her family came here when she was 11 so she has an accent. My family has given me nothing but support in my decision, her family on the other hand is a very conservative Chinese family so there has been some resistance from them. They like me so it hasn't caused too many problems. Most of their objects came from financial and age concerns, however once they realized that we were not going to bend by their pressure they supported our decision.

I do notice that we get stared at a lot while out walking around. Then again it might have to do with the fact that I am a foot taller than her :P

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Alai

On topic, I have no problem with interracial couples. Despite from some of the difficulties that may arise culturally with the family, I think there are many positive attributes to interracial dating.

I am in an interracial relationship. I am caucasian, and my girlfriend is Korean. I love her more than I can say, but the two of us are having a hard time because her parents are not happy with the idea of her dating me. She says they like me, just not the fact that I am white and that they see problems for us down the road and would rather us end it now rather than facing problems later. (I have met them by-the-way) Unfortunately, they are very traditional and do not put much weight in her decisions, they feel that they should make the decision for her.

Because we are a great distance from each other for the summer, and the fact that it is very difficult for us to communicate, our relationship is stressed right now, especially for her. She has a difficult time because she is trapped at home with her born-in-Korea parents jamming their views down her throat.

I would say our relationship is great when we are alone, and we both love each other, but the external pressure her family puts on her really stresses our relationship when they are involved. I am trying my best to help her make it through this, because I really don't want to lose her. But despite these problems, I think interracial dating is just fine, and I have learned alot about Korean culture from her. I am learning the language as well. : )

That has more to do with her families country of origin than her race. Many countries frown upon dating/marriage outside of their own kind (particularly the older generations). The Finnish for example want their children (at least the families I have met) to marry another Finnish person, it is looked down upon to marry outside of their little white gene pool. The people of Iraq are another example of this, interracial marriage is almost unheard of there. If you go to any country were there are very few minorities this will more than likely be the case.

However this is America, one big melting pot. If you feel that you can't be with someone because their "culture" is different than yours I suggest that you expect to be alone for a long fucking time. There are cultural difference just between the different states, (i.e. down south, up north, east coast, west coast). If this shit bothers you then you go back to marrying your cousins.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Avalokiteshvara

I think that inter-racial couples tend to be awfully serious about the fact that they're inter-racial. I think that it would be nice to be able to stare without having a ton of angry people jump down my throat about being intolerant. Maybe they just looked neat.

You wouldn't be the only one who stares. My fiance and I get that all the time...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.