Originally Posted by abaya

It is the rare person who decide to go outside of that circle to make friends with those who are different. But it is even rarer to date, and perhaps even marry, someone from a totally different background. I would not say that the rest are "narrow minded," but that they are merely normal in this sense--the vast majority of the world's population is endogamous for that reason (marrying within their own "group"). It's just the way it goes--and for their part, it also tends to produce more stable unions, which means that their offspring will be more successful (if you think about this behavior in an evolutionary sense). I don't necessarily like it myself, but I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with it, and it makes sense overall. People are people. For me, I'm just weird because I always had great examples of exogamy (marrying outside of your "group"), so I think that influenced me very strongly. But not everyone has the same influences--and that's really just fine.

But isn't this thread about friendships, not dating? Or else it really is just copying the other thread's theme, mentioned earlier.

Originally Posted by dlish

for your information, i travel a lot, and try and learn about everywhere i go from my experiences.

unless i decided to take wife no. 2, 3 and 4, ill just stick to just 1 for now. but thanks for the offer.

from your comment, i assume you have dated / seeing someone other than your ethnicity??

i dont see how you find dating someone of your own ethnicity narrow minded. i think your comments show lack of understanding of different cultures.