Should We Date Outside Our Race If We Can't Find Love Of A Black Men Or Women ?


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Honey45 is offline Honey45 Post #1  February 24,2009, 8:57am
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THe Reason whyI asked this is becouse of the last guyI dated.Before we even got to our first date. He would tell me how he would go to a White female ina hart beat if he can't find a black women to his standerd. But just Any White female she had to be from another county he claims that all of us women in amerca is just alike. (A**H***) I Contued to Datedhim Why becouseI over looked his faults and he was every thingI wanted in a man Educated,Travel the world,Black man and his pants didn't sagg.We did not worked out but i now im think should i date another race to find love.Would you?
 
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Honey45, wrote :

THe Reason whyI asked this is becouse of the last guyI dated.Before we even got to our first date. He would tell me how he would go to a White female ina hart beat if he can't find a black women to his standerd. But just Any White female she had to be from another county he claims that all of us women in amerca is just alike. (A**H***) I Contued to Datedhim Why becouseI over looked his faults and he was every thingI wanted in a man Educated,Travel the world,Black man and his pants didn't sagg.We did not worked out but i now im think should i date another race to find love.Would you?
Hey Honey45, I do not want to encourage you to date outside of our race. There are alot of great black guys out there. Don't be shallow like your friend. It is not so much as race as it is men.


Good luck with your quest. I can relate. I continue to believe he is out there. It might just take a little more time than I thought.
 
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Honey45, wrote :


THe Reason whyI asked this is becouse of the last guyI dated.Before we even got to our first date. He would tell me how he would go to a White female ina hart beat if he can't find a black women to his standerd. But just Any White female she had to be from another county he claims that all of us women in amerca is just alike. (A**H***) I Contued to Datedhim Why becouseI over looked his faults and he was every thingI wanted in a man Educated,Travel the world,Black man and his pants didn't sagg.We did not worked out but i now im think should i date another race to find love.Would you?


Even though I prefer to date a woman of color, I see no reason why black men or women should limit their choice of a romantic partner based upon race. Life is short: you can waste a lot of time looking for love in a limited way or you can maximize your time by finding love in another in an unlimited way. We all are members of the "human" race and I don't think we should allow arbitrary racial categories to limit the opportunities to love and to be loved.
 
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THe Reason whyI asked this is becouse of the last guyI dated.Before we even got to our first date. He would tell me how he would go to a White female ina hart beat if he can't find a black women to his standerd. But just Any White female she had to be from another county he claims that all of us women in amerca is just alike. (A**H***) I Contued to Datedhim Why becouseI over looked his faults and he was every thingI wanted in a man Educated,Travel the world,Black man and his pants didn't sagg.We did not worked out but i now im think should i date another race to find love.Would you?
Honey45 - You should not limit your options just to one race! Although I believe its possible for you to find someone of your own nationality, I also believe that you can also find love elsewhere as well. Not because this is what everyone's doing, but because of the chance that you might find someone who is more suited to who you are as a person! If youre continuing down a path, making the same mistakes (overlooking the things that matter to you just to be able to say you're with a "brotha") then you are fooling yourself into thinking that change is going to happen. Life's too short to be miserable! Enjoy life with whomever you find
 
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The guy you was dating actually did you a favor. He told you that your competition for his admiration would not be limited to women of a certain shade. He simply expressed to you a desire to meet a woman who he felt provided for his needs.

In a society as diverse as the one we live in, why should anyone feel obligated to date people of a certain race?

LET ME FLIP THAT FOR YOU!

What purpose is served by restricting your choice in a mate because of their skin tone?

Generalization coming => Black women you have to get over yourself, and realize that things are not what you consider ideal. Either you adapt to the current situation or you sit on the sidelines waiting for your perfect storm.

So if there was a "perfect" guy out there for you and he just so happen to be of different ethnic makeup are you going to toss him aside?
 
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For the most part, I've dated men of color and that is definitely my preference. I've dated white men and I've been in a long term relationship with a Puerto Rican man, so I wouldn't say I'm closed to the idea. But at this point in my life, I'm only looking for long term relationships with black men. I miss the cultural connection and nonverbal understanding that only manifests itself with men who inherently share the same cultural/ethnic history as my own... which probably means I'll have to leave eHarmony because there don't seem to be many of them here. :-)
 
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A person's ethnic makeup is not the same thing as culture. Skin tone is not the overriding factor in culture, it is environment and shared experiences/beliefs.

The black boy who is surrounded by middle class whites who just so happen to fall for a white woman is a running joke in Hollywood. In the real world black men do exist in those types of environment. It is reasonable to assume that they would be attracted to the women that is sitting/living next to them.

(NO RESEARCH DONE ON MATTER) I assume that if you break down Black Male/White Female interracial couples, you will start to see a strong correlation among the black males being raised in middle class/diverse environments. They would be able to identify culturally more with suburban white females than with a lot of black people.

For women who want a man who can relate to their experiences/culture, you have to place yourself in environments that you will come into contact with people of similar cultural makeup.

If you question the men on Eharmony and the lack of black men, you must understand Eharmony's marketing is geared toward women. Just like clubs advertise Ladies Night to entice men to show up, Eharmony promote "soul mates" to get women to flock to their site.

On occasion, I see advertisements to male audiences, but I never see them targeted to black male audiences. It could be there and we just have not noticed it.

The question you have to ask yourself, is not if Eharmony is doing a good job reaching you but if it is doing a good job reaching potential mates.

39% of black men are married.
1 out of 11 black men who marry, go interracial.

29% of black women are married.
1 out of 28 black women who marry, go interracial.

43% of Blacks never married, compared to 28% of all races.

(stats court of BlackDemographics.com)

As a black woman looking at those numbers, it should tell you that you are in the fight of your life if you are exclusively interested in finding a black male to marry. If you do not open the playing field there is over a 40% chance you will never get married. As you age the chance of marriage decrease.

Be the super successful lady that you are, but realize that you might have to change some of your life goals.
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A person's ethnic makeup is not the same thing as culture. Skin tone is not the overriding factor in culture, it is environment and shared experiences/beliefs.

The black boy who is surrounded by middle class whites who just so happen to fall for a white woman is a running joke in Hollywood. In the real world black men do exist in those types of environment. It is reasonable to assume that they would be attracted to the women that is sitting/living next to them.

(NO RESEARCH DONE ON MATTER) I assume that if you break down Black Male/White Female interracial couples, you will start to see a strong correlation among the black males being raised in middle class/diverse environments. They would be able to identify culturally more with suburban white females than with a lot of black people.

For women who want a man who can relate to their experiences/culture, you have to place yourself in environments that you will come into contact with people of similar cultural makeup.

If you question the men on Eharmony and the lack of black men, you must understand Eharmony's marketing is geared toward women. Just like clubs advertise Ladies Night to entice men to show up, Eharmony promote "soul mates" to get women to flock to their site.

On occasion, I see advertisements to male audiences, but I never see them targeted to black male audiences. It could be there and we just have not noticed it.

The question you have to ask yourself, is not if Eharmony is doing a good job reaching you but if it is doing a good job reaching potential mates.

39% of black men are married.
1 out of 11 black men who marry, go interracial.

29% of black women are married.
1 out of 28 black women who marry, go interracial.

43% of Blacks never married, compared to 28% of all races.

(stats court of BlackDemographics.com)

As a black woman looking at those numbers, it should tell you that you are in the fight of your life if you are exclusively interested in finding a black male to marry. If you do not open the playing field there is over a 40% chance you will never get married. As you age the chance of marriage decrease.

Be the super successful lady that you are, but realize that you might have to change some of your life goals.

Thanks for the stats, I'm open to interracial r/ship as I live in a multi-cultural city, but it looks as if EH isn't exactly geared to people of color.
 
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No one should ever be judged by the clor of our skin. However; the world is still ignorant. As WOMEN(and men) we have to pray and ask God to lead us in our choices. My ex husband of 23 years was outside of my race........and he was/is no different than any other race. I made a choice and I have to live with it and move forward with life's experiences. Today, he and I share three beautiful children and nine grandchildren. We are on good terms and we are friends. Thank God!
God BLESS Us all in our search for the Right man/woman.
 
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