Hi guys and gals:
We've talked about this topic before but I haven't seen it in a while, so I thought I'd bring up the topic of race/ethnicity/culture when it comes to dating and marriage.
How do you feel about dating someone who is of another race? Would you move to another country to be with that person even if their culture and lifestyle were drastically different from what you were used to (meaning, they were a passionate Christian like you, but the ways of living due to the place they live in are much different than your own)?
I myself have actually never dated anyone who was of the same race as myself--not because of any special preference, but because I'm adopted and, growing up in a small town, there weren't any other Korean guys.
I have an adopted Korean brother (but we were adopted at different times and are not biologically related) whose wife is Chinese/Vietnamese, and my other brother ("the white boy", as I affectionately call him), ironically, married a girl who is native South Korean (and moved from Korea to be here with him.) My ex-husband was white/Filipino--I tell people my family is half-Asian... and that the Asians are taking over... (You should see the way people stare when we all go into restaurants together.) I also joke with my parents that I may have to marry a white guy someday in order to restore the racial balance to the family (JUST KIDDING!!!)
I have (obviously) always been open to dating someone of another race, but when I was younger, I would have been much more reluctant to move to another country... maybe God is simply trying to break down some of my stubbornness and personal fears, because these days, I'd pretty much be open-minded to most anything, as long as it was God-directed.
How about you?
We've talked about this topic before but I haven't seen it in a while, so I thought I'd bring up the topic of race/ethnicity/culture when it comes to dating and marriage.
How do you feel about dating someone who is of another race? Would you move to another country to be with that person even if their culture and lifestyle were drastically different from what you were used to (meaning, they were a passionate Christian like you, but the ways of living due to the place they live in are much different than your own)?
I myself have actually never dated anyone who was of the same race as myself--not because of any special preference, but because I'm adopted and, growing up in a small town, there weren't any other Korean guys.
I have an adopted Korean brother (but we were adopted at different times and are not biologically related) whose wife is Chinese/Vietnamese, and my other brother ("the white boy", as I affectionately call him), ironically, married a girl who is native South Korean (and moved from Korea to be here with him.) My ex-husband was white/Filipino--I tell people my family is half-Asian... and that the Asians are taking over... (You should see the way people stare when we all go into restaurants together.) I also joke with my parents that I may have to marry a white guy someday in order to restore the racial balance to the family (JUST KIDDING!!!)
I have (obviously) always been open to dating someone of another race, but when I was younger, I would have been much more reluctant to move to another country... maybe God is simply trying to break down some of my stubbornness and personal fears, because these days, I'd pretty much be open-minded to most anything, as long as it was God-directed.
How about you?