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I know it is 2012 and in different areas, culture, and society says different things. I by NO means want this to get ugly or hateful, just opinions/beliefs & reasons why....In a relationship does race/ethnicity really matter more than happiness or how the people involved are treating one another??
Personally, I find a real issue when outsiders to a relationship look to things like race, age, religion, or other "external factors" in order to justify their own biases or other issues.
IMO, as long as the people involved are in the relationship voluntarily, and no one is being hurt, who's business is it anyway?
I've always been a proponent of "you like who you like". Meaning, if I am not attracted to a particular culture or race for a prospective mate, that's MY choice. The other side of that is that I have to afford others the same respect that I would hope that they would give to me. There are just so many bigger issues to deal with than who someone chooses to spend their life with...
I don't know... does teeth matter? hair? man-hands? Does a girl who looks like Mel Gibson matter? Or a guy that look like Victoria Beckham matter? If nothing mattered, then what is the point of "looking" at a person... we didn't get eyes so as to not use them just to be "politically correct"...
it does not initially. in fact its kind of exciting and liberating. but 20 years later u realize that what your parents and relatives tried to tell u was true.
often girls of his own race will not put up with his bad behavior so he goes hunting greener pastures.
this has created a few problems.
Are we talking about race, culture, etc in our own relationships, or in others' relationships?
Oh, wait...it's all the same. We like who we like, and should NEVER bow to pressure to fit a certain mold in relationships. If others have an issue with that, it's THEIR issue. Relationships are just about the only place where racial, cultural, ethnic, or any other preference is justified. Who's anyone in this world to tell me who I SHOULD be sleeping with?
Geez. Save the political correctness for someplace where it could possibly fit.
its been my experience that women tend to place much more weight on race than men do. different races of women attach different amounts of priority to it (again, my experience), and i don't want to mention any particular races lest this thread turns ugly...
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