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NuevaVida -> RE: The impact of racial preferences in dating... (10/28/2009 11:09:13 PM)
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I would date anyone I found appealing to me, and that mostly had to do with personality, moral code, humor, etc. Last year I went out with an Egyptian man for a short time. Then a black man for a short time. Now I am hopelessly in love with a Native American. Ethnicity/Race is no issue for me.
That said, the black man I went out with had some very serious hangups about our ethnic differences, such that he did not want to introduce me to his friends. He continued to focus on our cultural differences, which I found strange since my culture is Spanish (from Spain) and Italian. So, he ate grits and I ate polenta - big deal. He also emphasized the point that the black women in his circle would eat me alive, simply because I am not black. After a (short) while, this whole issue of his became old to me. I told him I couldn't think of one person in my family or group of friends who would blink an eye over the fact that he is black.
Needless to say, it didn't work out. We had personality differences, and this was a big one. In the long run, it all worked out, as I am now with someone who I am extremely compatible with, but that sure was a bizarre experience for me.
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