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Old 12-12-2004, 11:28 PM   #93 (permalink)
westothemax
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Location: Bay Area
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Originally Posted by Date the Banana
The lack of Asian boy/western girl relationships might have as much to do with the Asian mother situation as anything else. A lot of the Asian guys I've spoken to have said their mother would never permit them to marry a white girl. Is that the rule? No, there are exceptions. However, for whatever reasons Asian families often have less of a problem with their daughters dating interracially.
What do you guys say? If you're an Asian guy has your mother/father/grandmother etc said anything or made you aware of a bias about marrying an Asian girl? Girls? Same question in reverse. I'd be interested to see the results.
My girlfriend is Norwegian, I am Chinese. My mother has always told me that she would like it if I married a Chinese girl, but she has never disapproved of me dating non-Chinese girls. My grandmother (Dad's mom) is more conservative. She doesn't talk to me about these things, but you can definitely tell what she's thinking when I bring my girlfriend with me when I visit my grandparents.

I can almost understand where my family is coming from, since my dad is the only boy his parents had, and I am the only boy my parents had, so I am the one that will carry on the family name and all that. But it's not like I'm going to breakup with my girlfriend just because she's white... that's just...horrible.

My girlfriend and I have been talking about what to do after college since we both graduate in June (we've been together since Freshman year of college). We'll probably move in with each other, depending on the job situation. I'm pretty sure she'd be more than happy to get married right away but I think I want to wait a few more years. So I'll probably find out how my family really feels about inter-racial marriage within a few years.
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