<p>The American culture fosters a different value system, one that I feel contributes to broken households and divorce. Asian households foster a respect for elders far greater than white households. To reduce the relationship between parents and their kids to how many “cookies mommy baked you” is almost despicable. The family bond is so much more important than it is in the common American household. Your marriage is not just about your life. Yes, marriage is a monumental decision in your life, but it is also a monumental decision for other people. Life decisions do not and cannot occur in a vacuum. Marriage is about the future of your family…your parents, your siblings, your aunts and uncles. A future spouse marries that family, not just one person. I’m not saying that parents should have total veto power; I’m just saying that taking their viewpoints into consideration is extremely important.</p>
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<p>uhh…that doesn’t really apply to the US or most Western countries of today for that matter</p>
<p>Hotpiece, i saw you picture and i think you are beautiful, seriously.</p>
<p>MissMichelle, you should post your pic!</p>
<p>bouncechrissy, wow, you’re the first girl i’ve met who thinks like that. i wish they were more people like you.</p>
<p>AznNerd, you are absolutely hilarious! “rocking the pink polo, khakis and cologne you got for Xmas” LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!</p>
<p>i think polo shirts are overrated. maybe it’s just me. i have thin wrists and arms, so wearing short sleeve shirts would make me look REALLY skinny. i wear a lot of button down shirts though. if you are a skinny and short asian, a well-fit button down oxford will make you look less skinny and the button-downed-collar will stand vertical and make you look taller.</p>
<p>I would like to date an Asian woman, if I could find one that wasn’t a yoohaksaeng… (Of course, only black is allowed by “mom’s rules”, but she had to stuff the racism come 8th grade.)</p>
<p>I was under the impression that yoohaksaeng = the Korean title for gold-digger, and gyopo was the term for foreign-exchange students. Otherwise, my terms are incorrect.</p>
<p>My family is really big into interracial dating/marriage (they’re Vietnamese immigrants). My dad’s youngest sibling, his brother, is married to a Native American. It’s such a bittersweet story. He fled a war to Oklahoma; her lineage associated with the Trail of Tears.</p>
<p>His oldest sibling, his sister, is married to a blonde, blue-eyed soldier. In their heyday, they made a stunning pair (and they have stunning children, and their daughter has a stunning boy).</p>
<p>My parents, I have a feeling, don’t want me or my brother to marry Vietnamese people. It’s not like they hate their own race/ethnicity or anything… but they’re spontaneous and like to mix it up. They can’t stand homogeneity, probably because of communism/socialism.</p>
<p>BUT, as open-minded as they seem (they love Hispanics, Mexicans in particular, and whites), they are against us marrying/dating “stereotypical” blacks. The only kinds they accept or “white-washed” black kids.</p>
<p>Of course, that’s strictly dating. Kids of all colors from the neighborhood always come over for eggrolls and video games.</p>
<p>Your parents must have their reasons. I do not think that it is because they don’t like homogeneity though.
Personally, I have no idea what ethnicity I will marry. I was a little drawn toward asiatics girls out of curiosity since that attraction stopped when I was acquainted to them. When I picture my wife, I just see a woman. I didn’t put a color to it yet. I will when I fall in love.</p>
<p>No offense to any of you, but *** do people keep mentioning blonde, blue-eyed as if that’s a good thing?</p>
<p>I don’t hear people describing others’ "gorgeous’ partners as brown-eyed/brunette…it’s like oh if a person is special, he/she is blonde/blue-eyed. That bothers me, not every person finds blondes amazing. I actually prefer brunette guys.</p>
<p>Hmmm, do I sense some pent up anger against blondes here? I think he was just making a general statement, don’t feel bad if one guy doesn’t like brunettes. I personally think they’re much more fun than blondes.</p>
<p>Well, most blondes are bottle-blondes…honestly, there are no real blondes these days. Anyway, when some people describe someone, they usually make a point of elucidating a person is blonde/blue eyed, but not if that person is brunette, as if to say one is more special than the other…</p>
<p>I am an Indian kid. U just gotta make the right moves and say the right stuff dude. Don’t beleive all those ppl. Ur not a disgraceful azn. I know this Filapino kid, who went after this blond white girl and is on the virge of getting her. He plays varsity basketball, but is not quite that popular. Others think that he says stupid stuff, but obviously not the girl. U got chances.</p>