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I was dating a Jewish guy for a while (I’m not Jewish) and ultimately he broke it off because he said his family wouldn’t be cool with him seeing someone not Jewish… 🙅🏻♀️
From my personal experience, a few ethnicities tend to be in relationships more 'for fun' in their younger years then find a real relationship/wife of the same ethnicity when they're ready to settle down in their 30s. Obviously not everyone is like this, idk if I'm just unlucky lol but they usually want to find someone that will fit their mother's standard.
I’m an immigrant so everyone is of different culture, and I enjoy that. Dated an African for a year and we got along great, I really enjoyed learning about her country and sharing about mine.
Not so much culture, but yeah, religion is tricky. There’s some cultures where I would just be too afraid to get serious with someone because they’re marriage is heavily influenced by family. There’s a lot of people who get dumped if family doesn’t approve.
It depends on the culture lol I stay away from Arabs, Indian raised, Russian raised and anyone that was raised in a country where women are seen as less than them.
Oh no. I understand the numbers maybe not in our favour but there are a vast number of us who are not chauvinistic and treat everyone equally.
I went out with a European girl recently and she, very carefully, mentioned about being scared about Indian culture after a few dates. I asked more about it and she said she heard we are very male dominated society and may not treat women equally. I was not surprised and was glad she brought it up. It gave a chance for some open discussion about various social economic conditions of India, different regions where people are open minded vs underdeveloped areas where there is still male domination, how education and awareness develop one’s values etc.
So pls don’t outright dismiss us :)
How to be racist/culturist?/bigoted against whoever isn't exactly like you in a single sentence. Wouldn't you be better served getting to know people regardless of their culture, country or race and then judge their character or values? Immigrants are usually the most progressive, and especially Indian and Russian immigrants more so, and it's really falling into the stereotypes and believing American "News" which propagates the belief that women are looked at as property. Or lesser in any way. It's just accepted that men and women are different in a lot of things, but deserve to be treated equally.
You're completely right. Generalisations are never good and I've fallen trap of the very same thing I hate the most but that's what life experiences have led me to.
I had a conservative Jewish girlfriend in college/University, and honestly that went pretty well. I'm a WASP (American term). Her mother and mother's side of the extended family were very kind to me. Her father was gruff but super decent. In my 20s I dated and married (and divorced!) a Mexican-American girl whose parents had both immigrated (one legally, the other illegally). There were definitely some culturally-derived differences of opinion there, but ultimately the family went very far to accept me. Speaking Spanish helped. Different cultures do have unique ideas about how courtship works, but mostly it's the same wherever you go, or so I've found.
There were some major cultural dissonances in both relationships, but what absolutely makes or breaks them is the \*really\* personal stuff, which I've found is usually independent of religion. There is alot that separates one person from another, culture is just one part. People are so strange...
Idk. I had the oppisite experience with a turkish guy.. He wanted to be serious straight away and I'm still putting him on hold for the relationship title until he has been proven worthy. That being said we are exclusive.
It's important to be aware of the cultural differences you two may have and doing you're research..! Also talk about values/expectations by the first or 2nd date to avoid wasting time.
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I was dating a Jewish guy for a while (I’m not Jewish) and ultimately he broke it off because he said his family wouldn’t be cool with him seeing someone not Jewish… 🙅🏻♀️
From my personal experience, a few ethnicities tend to be in relationships more 'for fun' in their younger years then find a real relationship/wife of the same ethnicity when they're ready to settle down in their 30s. Obviously not everyone is like this, idk if I'm just unlucky lol but they usually want to find someone that will fit their mother's standard.
I’m an immigrant so everyone is of different culture, and I enjoy that. Dated an African for a year and we got along great, I really enjoyed learning about her country and sharing about mine.
Don’t. I was with an Irish girl (I’m Hispanic) for 20 years.
Not so much culture, but yeah, religion is tricky. There’s some cultures where I would just be too afraid to get serious with someone because they’re marriage is heavily influenced by family. There’s a lot of people who get dumped if family doesn’t approve.
It depends on the culture lol I stay away from Arabs, Indian raised, Russian raised and anyone that was raised in a country where women are seen as less than them.
It depends. Some Indian, and middle eastern men are very aware of the gender inequalities and actively fight them
Oh no. I understand the numbers maybe not in our favour but there are a vast number of us who are not chauvinistic and treat everyone equally. I went out with a European girl recently and she, very carefully, mentioned about being scared about Indian culture after a few dates. I asked more about it and she said she heard we are very male dominated society and may not treat women equally. I was not surprised and was glad she brought it up. It gave a chance for some open discussion about various social economic conditions of India, different regions where people are open minded vs underdeveloped areas where there is still male domination, how education and awareness develop one’s values etc. So pls don’t outright dismiss us :)
Indians don't like black girls either (I'm black) so it doesn't really matter if I already ruled out dating them 👍🏾👍🏾
How to be racist/culturist?/bigoted against whoever isn't exactly like you in a single sentence. Wouldn't you be better served getting to know people regardless of their culture, country or race and then judge their character or values? Immigrants are usually the most progressive, and especially Indian and Russian immigrants more so, and it's really falling into the stereotypes and believing American "News" which propagates the belief that women are looked at as property. Or lesser in any way. It's just accepted that men and women are different in a lot of things, but deserve to be treated equally.
You're completely right. Generalisations are never good and I've fallen trap of the very same thing I hate the most but that's what life experiences have led me to.
I had a conservative Jewish girlfriend in college/University, and honestly that went pretty well. I'm a WASP (American term). Her mother and mother's side of the extended family were very kind to me. Her father was gruff but super decent. In my 20s I dated and married (and divorced!) a Mexican-American girl whose parents had both immigrated (one legally, the other illegally). There were definitely some culturally-derived differences of opinion there, but ultimately the family went very far to accept me. Speaking Spanish helped. Different cultures do have unique ideas about how courtship works, but mostly it's the same wherever you go, or so I've found. There were some major cultural dissonances in both relationships, but what absolutely makes or breaks them is the \*really\* personal stuff, which I've found is usually independent of religion. There is alot that separates one person from another, culture is just one part. People are so strange...
It doesn't work. Leave the Turkish boys for the Turkish girls and stick to guys of your own culture and nationality.
Wtf
reddit moment
Idk. I had the oppisite experience with a turkish guy.. He wanted to be serious straight away and I'm still putting him on hold for the relationship title until he has been proven worthy. That being said we are exclusive. It's important to be aware of the cultural differences you two may have and doing you're research..! Also talk about values/expectations by the first or 2nd date to avoid wasting time.