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Old 10-06-2012, 11:30 PM
 
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How do you know they are "desperately" waiting?
Go straight to the source.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:26 AM
 
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But they have right to them no matter how "bogus" you think they are. That's my point.
Exactly. We can all say people were less pickier in the past, which is true, but things are different. For one thing the choices were far more limited. There was no online dating and probably not as many as the singles groups that popped up years later. People married early so if you were mid 20s and up you took what you could get. This leads me to the other thing and that was society pressured people to marry and if you were single at a later age you were ostracized so bad that you wanted to be married. Many of these marriages weren't happy at all.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:28 AM
 
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Go straight to the source.
I can't speak for others but I am not desperately waiting to be married. Oh sure I want to be a bride and then a wife but if it isn't in the cards there isn't much I can do about it. I would far rather be single than marry someone with issues I disapprove of.
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Old 10-07-2012, 11:53 AM
 
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This is true.

Nothing turns me off more than a white girl that tells me she only likes black guys.

Talk about red flags.
How about Black guys who only date white or hispanic women, which would be every black man I work with? To me it actually depends on the individual reason.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:00 PM
 
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How about Black guys who only date white or hispanic women, which would be every black man I work with? To me it actually depends on the individual reason.
Plenty of those at my job. I see nothing wrong with it.

Same as all of the women who "only" date tall guys and tell short guys to take a hike
Same as all of the Fatties who "only" date muscular guys and fat guys to take a hike
Same as all of the women who "only" date men in certain occupations and tell others to take a hike

If you have a preference, you get to include what you like, and leave out what you don't care for. Doesn't matter why that is either, you're entitled to go for whatever you like more. If you have "choices" then you can choose, and the more attractive and secure you are (as in have everything in order), the choosier you get to be and likely be successful at getting whatever you want
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:11 PM
 
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Plenty of those at my job. I see nothing wrong with it.

Same as all of the women who "only" date tall guys and tell short guys to take a hike
Same as all of the Fatties who "only" date muscular guys and fat guys to take a hike
Same as all of the women who "only" date men in certain occupations and tell others to take a hike

If you have a preference, you get to include what you like, and leave out what you don't care for. Doesn't matter why that is either, you're entitled to go for whatever you like more. If you have "choices" then you can choose, and the more attractive and secure you are (as in have everything in order), the choosier you get to be and likely be successful at getting whatever you want
I have no problems with it either, some of the guys are married, some bf.gf, and some just date. I don't see any fetish type of relationships out of anyone or anyone thinking there better because they are dating outside their race.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:13 PM
 
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I have no problems with it either, some of them are married some bf.gf and some just date. I don't see any fetish type of relationships out of anyone or anyone thinking there better because they are dating outside their race.
I caught a lot of flack for it, but then ditched those friends who judged

What made me laugh the most was that I'd get backlash from women who clearly weren't even interested in me.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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How about Black guys who only date white or hispanic women, which would be every black man I work with? To me it actually depends on the individual reason.
I'll be honest. I like to know the reason behind the preference (even though it excludes me). To make sure it isn't some sort of self-hate thing.

I don't have a problem with anyone dating any group. I do have a problem with preferences rooted in stereotypes of the groups you exclude.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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I'll be honest. I like to know the reason behind the preference (even though it excludes me). To make sure it isn't some sort of self-hate thing.

I don't have a problem with anyone dating any group. I do have a problem with preferences rooted in stereotypes of the groups you exclude.
I don't see a lot of black guys dating IR where I am from. It's not very common. I have a friend who says it doesn't happen that often in Atlanta either.
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Old 10-07-2012, 12:28 PM
 
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I'll be honest. I like to know the reason behind the preference (even though it excludes me). To make sure it isn't some sort of self-hate thing.

I don't have a problem with anyone dating any group. I do have a problem with preferences rooted in stereotypes of the groups you exclude.
I don't see any self hating amongst the men I work with. I work in a very Proffesional environment though. All Engineers and 80% men.
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