Interracial Marriages, Anybody?

I dont really think color matters at all. My husband is black and im white. It doesnt really affect any part of our daily lives. Yes there are those who will stare when we are seen in public, but why is our lives their business? I dont understand why so many people see it as being a big issue.

hi eureka^^; i went the my bf's embassy few weeks back and have seen mail to order brides aging to early 20's with their partners at 40's and above. i wonder what kind of life lies ahead of them... well, if my partner wants to live in my own country then there's no problem but well i have to move to his country soon. i know how citizens there look down on people in our country for the reason i've mentioned above even if i come from a nice family and i am educated..so my bf tried to explain everything and preparing me to face unavoidable prejudice from his neighborhood, friends, colleagues and even some relatives. although we already have mended our differences and have understood each one's character but we still consider the environment...guess in this situation, i must be ready

I am all for interracial marriages. You cannot help who you fall in love with, and how I see it is if the two of you are happy together, then that is all that matters. I have friends who have parents who are mixed and who are in interracial marriages. My grandparents and great-grandparents, and my great ancestors were all mixed. I just about every race under the sun. I don't mind it. I have cousins and relatives who are all colors of the rainbow. We are who we are. We all bleed red, right? I found out just a couple months ago, that I had two female ancestors who were black. I didn't flip out about it, I thought it all made sense. Even though I appear to be 100% white on the outside, I never felt that way. My group of friends were all nationalities and races. My mother's group of friends are the same way. I think that people should date and marry whoever they like. Oh, for the record, let's take my dating track record before I met my current boyfriend, and most of you might find this funny, it's okay to laugh, Guy 1 (meaning men I have dated and number) was Chinese and Vietnamese, Guy 2 was Chinese, Guy 3 was Chinese again, Guy 4 was black, Guy 5 was Latino, Guy 6 was Latino and white, Guy 7 was black and white (he did not look completely black to me, but he was a nerd and that's what mattered), Guy 8 I think was Italian and Latino, Guy 9 was my current boyfriend and he is white and has a little bit of Native American in him ... it's really all about personality for me, most of the guys I dated were nerds because I like that type of personality, I don't gravitate to well towards jocks. If a guy wears glasses, has intelligence, and has some kind of leadership skills that is a total turn on for me.

You know what? It's always nice to say that true love conquers all and that it will always find ways to make things work. The point is that true love is not as poetic as that. True love does look beyond differences whether in culture, religion or skin color, but it pays for couples to at least know what they are getting into. It's hard enough to make things work with people with the same set of values as you do, it is a whole lot harder if you are trying to start a relationship with someone who is not even aware of your culture, right? Just the same, it would be too narrowminded to completely shut off inetrracial love because let us face it, there are similar set ups that really work. The trick is to make sure that you are going into the relationship for the right reasons, if you know what I mean. Because if you go at it with your heart in the right place, everything else will follow. It won't be easy, but it is not impossible.

With the development of the Internet, as well as the popularity of these social network websites, it is possible for people to get married with people from different races with different cultures. Coming of age in a time of interracial marriages, many eschew the old notions of race. maturing at Internet speed, they are more connected than any generation. But on the other hand, people have to face the culture shock, different beliefs and so on. Of course, for the long run, interracial marriage is possible completely, which may be a major trend in the future. In a word, if they are really gone on each other, different races are nothing.

what's important to me is how you love that person whatever the race maybe because after all we are God's unique creation and we must love one another.

I understand what you mean by the different cultures and beliefs and traditions, but if you truly love the other person it shouldn't take a full effect to rather or not you should marry this other person. I am in an interracial marriage and I love my husband very much and his difference don't bother me at all. We argue on some things here and there but it's evident in very marriage. We just learn to live with it and find some type of common ground.

hi eureka. if i had the chance,i'll definitely marry a woman from another race or culture. as chessy as it may sound, love knows no boundaries. i do admit that it may pose some problems as i have had my share of girlfriends who are of a different race. i just think tht both parties should learn to adjust to the differences that they have. i've had vietnamese, japanese, korean, american, and of course, filipina girlfriends before and i really can't say that my relationships with my foreign girlfriends were significantly different from my experiences with my filipina girlfriends. both has its ups and downs. i just think it is a matter of accepting and working out the differences that spells the success of interracial marraiges. just my two cents. cheers!!!

Race is not an issue to me. I would look at the person as a whole, not just the race. I admit that I am more inclined to date someone of my own race because we can easily relate to one another but if I so happened to fall for someone from another race, I don't think that skin color or ethnicity would be such an issue.