<p>I think that interracial relationships are a great idea.</p>
<p>Internet relationships is a growing population that can't be ignored. People are making this way of social behavior a common practice. People met and fall in love while chatting on-line (Internet) all the time....So what's the big deal!? </p>
<p>The thing is interracial couples battle against public prejudice and family opinions on a higher scale of issues! </p>
<p>Is it safe to say that internet meetings between faceless names on-line is taking the place of meeting people at bars, clubs, churches, parties and other social gatherings? </p>
<p>People are looking outside the box (environment) for something different and better than what they're use too! Single people are tired of being alone and they're seeking companionship where ever they can find it! </p>
<p>And it seems to me the internet is where they're looking. </p>
<p>I think the bottom line is.....To Each His Own! </p>
<p>In any case...Why Marry Your High School SweetHeart When You Can Marry A Complete Stranger?</p>
<p>^Eh? I think you have internet and interracial confused...</p>
<p>Anyways, I (Chinese) have dated white girls and everyone's cool with it, except parents, who don't know ;)</p>
<p>Believe it or not, I think my parents would let me marry a non-Chinese person :o</p>
<p>my parents wouldn't mind if i married someone of another race...it's just the extended family that i would be worried about</p>
<p>I personally like the idea of interracial relationships but I don't think that my parents would be too happy about the idea though.</p>
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Seriously? How long have your parents been overseas? Lucky you.</p>
<p>And Stuck, I'm definitely on your boat.</p>
<p>40 days (I need to add something to make the post long enough so they let me post.)</p>
<p>You guys are too young to be seriously talking about marriage if you're worried about what your parents think.</p>
<p>^ Um...what?</p>
<p>(I meant that for the "40 days" reply.)</p>
<p>As for ICrisis's statement, why? I respect my parents and their opinions. I would like to not have them hate me for the rest of my life. What's so wrong with that?</p>
<p>they won't hate u. if such things happen, they would just be sorry but they can't hate u.</p>
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they would just be sorry but they can't hate u.
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<p>uh..yes they can!! My parents might even cut me out of the will lol (not they have anything to give me)</p>
<p>lol that sucks!!</p>
<p>My parents would just cut off all ties to me.</p>
<p>Y'know, I have many friends whose parents threatened them with the "cut you off" treatment...but it never happened. </p>
<p>Parents are, at least typically, excellent at making demands and threats like the whole "we'll kick you out forever and ever" one, but terrible at following through. </p>
<p>And though I understand that this is a cultural issue, and according to contemporary thinking I'm not allowed to criticize culture, I'm going to anyway. It's selfish and it sucks. It's parents putting their own needs above that of their children, and the threat to kick them out of the familial circle is the ultimate expression of that selfishness. It makes me sick, personally.</p>
<p>If your parents really loved you, they wouldn't cut you off, rather they'd respect your decisions regardless of their advice. UCLAri, you're absolutely right, it'd be pure selfishness if they decide to cut you off.</p>
<p>I'm just waiting for someone to tell me that I can't criticize other cultures or else I'm an ethnocentrist... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I kind of agree with what you're saying. Theoretically, it's a no brainer. But it's just the way it is and I have to accept it as so, absurd as it is. I'm not gonna get on your case for criticizing culture, because culture itself makes no sense whatsoever. :</p>
<p>me.duh,</p>
<p>See, that's where I disagree. I don't think you have to be a prisoner to culture because culture ISN'T static. There are times that it's good to go against the grain...as long as you're willing to accept the consequences.</p>
<p>interesting....</p>
<p>The more sane part of me can't understand why I feel so strongly the way I do about respecting my parents' wishes, especially since I'm really not a good kid in terms of respecting curfew and sneaking out of the house and such, but this is something major, and I don't want to be a hassle to my parents, or my other relatives in China, for that matter.</p>
<p>me.duh,</p>
<p>I know this is awful dark to say...but long after your parents and relatives are dead and gone you're going to be married to someone. You don't want that person to be someone you don't like.</p>