Would You Date Someone Of A Different Ethnicity?

Well, since I belong to Musa (or so he thinks, he really belongs to me mwahaha), I'd have to say that I would.

Wynter wrote:Well, since I belong to Musa (or so he thinks, he really belongs to me mwahaha), I'd have to say that I would.

Hmph, so much for me. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
Hmph, so much for me. :puppydog:

:muack:

Have you ever dated someone outside of your race?

Wynter wrote:Have you ever dated someone outside of your race?

Went out with a Hispanic girl a few times, but since we were coworkers we thought better of it... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Went out with a Hispanic girl a few times, but since we were coworkers we thought better of it... :sweat:

workplace romance, eh? I guess it could get complicated

Wynter wrote:workplace romance, eh? I guess it could get complicated

Interestingly, we're still friends... She even invited me to her wedding way back then. :victory:

Eve wrote:

Its hard enough just to find someone to get along with... :beaten:

Agrees. :applaud:

Enna wrote:Yeah Eve wouldn't life be boring if we all dated like we were supposed to be matching book ends.

LOL!!! and agrees. :mrgreen:

My answer: Yes. As a person who's of mixed parentage, i find this ethnicity thing rather misleading. I always experience identity crisis whenever ppl ask questions about dating out of your race. I mean I'm Chinese and Malay. So what does outside my ethnicity mean? :banghead:

Definitions... :grumble:

I dated outside my race and married outside my race

sadacori wrote:I always have dated someone of a different ethnicity because local Japanese guys have never been interested in me. :sweat:

It's the exact opposite for me. I've always dated hispanic girls because non-hispanic girls don't seem to be interested in me. :sweat: I wouldn't mind dating someone of different ethnicity than me.

nadrika wrote:
I mean I'm Chinese and Malay. So what does outside my ethnicity mean?

In your case, someone African, Caucasian or Hispanic, would be outside your ethnicity, right?

Jav_sol wrote:

In your case, someone African, Caucasian or Hispanic, would be outside your ethnicity, right?

That is actually to me an interesting point. It depends on how big a stickler you are. I, for one, can't see lumping all people all over ASia into only one group any more than considering everyone who has black skin to be African, and so on.......

sadacori wrote:I always have dated someone of a different ethnicity because local Japanese guys have never been interested in me. :sweat:

Were you interested in them?

bmwracer wrote:
Went out with a Hispanic girl a few times, but since we were coworkers we thought better of it... :sweat:

I thought you were half and half? SO which side counts? :headscratch:

Eve wrote:I thought you were half and half? SO which side counts? :headscratch:

Half and half?

Nope.

Both parents are Chinese...

But nothing in my house is Chinese... Except for me. :beaten:

Jav_sol wrote:

In your case, someone African, Caucasian or Hispanic, would be outside your ethnicity, right?

Eve wrote:
That is actually to me an interesting point. It depends on how big a stickler you are. I, for one, can't see lumping all people all over ASia into only one group any more than considering everyone who has black skin to be African, and so on.

Hmmm didn't we have this discussion, as to what we consider a person's ethnicity? It was in the the thread called "What is your ethnicity?" Did we ever come to a conclusion? :confused: Well I know AM confused. :bonk: :D

I think Jav_sol was breaking it down into some of the major racial groups, except for Hispanic, wasn't he?

I took the question of this thread to mean would you date outside of your race. Or it could mean outside of your nationality or even religion?

^ I interpreted "ethnicity" as race.... Maybe that was a mistake on my part. :sweat:

Well, I married outside my race, to a Japanese lady. And we had some dates before we "got serious", so yeah.

(I am not sure what people mean by "dating" - for some this means sex, others romance, and others just a social event with one person without expectations.)

Anyway, having any kind of relations with a person from another culture can really broaden your outlook. Sometimes people go to other cultures to escape the restrictions of their own culture.

Ethncity-wise, my parents and grandparents freaked when I was dating a Japanese girl... But that was their problem, not mine.

bmwracer wrote:Ethncity-wise, my parents and grandparents freaked when I was dating a Japanese girl... But that was their problem, not mine.

I never knew you dated a Japanese girl! Is that were your love for all things Japan began?

Wynter wrote:I never knew you dated a Japanese girl! Is that were your love for all things Japan began?

Nope, it goes farther back than that... Back to my junior high school days, starting at age 12, I guess. :sweat:

When I told my Mom that I was dating Toshi, she leaned close to me and whispered something about Pearl Harbor. ;)
But in time they became fast friends. :)
Something like that, BMW?

Itazura ichiban wrote:
Well, I married outside my race, to a Japanese lady. And we had some dates before we "got serious", so yeah.

(I am not sure what people mean by "dating" - for some this means sex, others romance, and others just a social event with one person without expectations.)

Anyway, having any kind of relations with a person from another culture can really broaden your outlook. Sometimes people go to other cultures to escape the restrictions of their own culture.

When I told my Mom that I was dating Toshi, she leaned close to me and whispered something about Pearl Harbor. ;)
But in time they became fast friends. :)
Something like that, BMW?

@Itazura ichiban: Love conquers all! :victory: I am glad to hear about your happy ending! :inlove:

I liked your thoughts about dating a person from a different culture. So true! :thumbsup:

My parents were from two different races, two different religions and their education levels were quite different too. Yet their marriage worked. Good thing that they had this one thing in common; they both grew up and were raised in New York City. :woot:

Enna wrote:
I took the question of this thread to mean would you date outside of your race. Or it could mean outside of your nationality or even religion?

That's what I thought. My Grandfather thought dating outside of your religion was out of control until he got used to the idea.

bmwracer wrote:
Half and half?

Nope.

Both parents are Chinese...

But nothing in my house is Chinese... Except for me. :beaten:

Not one thing "Made IN CHina". :shocked: ;)

Im not sure why I thought you were only half Chinese..... :confused:

Itazura ichiban wrote:

Anyway, having any kind of relations with a person from another culture can really broaden your outlook. Sometimes people go to other cultures to escape the restrictions of their own culture.

Well I didnt leave my "race" but someone from Norway is more different than someone of Asian/Black/Hispanic extraction who was raised in AMerica. And he has definitely broadened my outlook! And my smile! :mrgreen: