whats wrong with different races(teens) dating to parents?
480548
Maybe your mom just isnt comfortable with you dating a black guy. She could possibly have issues that go deeper than you think. You should talk to her about it. Im black and im dating a white guy. My parents love him. There is an on-going stereotype that is felt about black men. If your b/f is truely a good guy you should try to point this out to your mother. Tell her that he may be black but he's not doing what a lot of other guys like him are. That should work.
790541
i think that's stupid as hell how one race would get mad because someone of their own race is dating someone of another race.. honestly it's none of their buisness. Society today is too nosey in other people's buisness. They should worry about their selfs.
543976
Why do you have to keep it from your parents in the first place? There is shame in liking someone and dating them it is part of life.
594692
If you're a teenager, tell them and let them deal with it. It's not like they have that much control over your anymore (or, if they do, it's not healthy). If you're preteen, you probably shouldn't be going on a date, but just tell your parents your going out with a friend, and make sure they thing you're just their innocent child.\n\nJust as parents like to "put their children in place", parents also occasionally need to be reminded of what their proper place is. If you can't honestly tell your parents that you are dating, you will have a really poor relationship with your parents. And just immagine telling them you're getting married or are having a kid.\n\nBe honest and if they have a problem with it, that is their problem. But don't make it a bombshell like, (as said from a 14 year old boy) "Dad, you remember my best friend Mike? He's not really my best friend. We've been meeting up for gay orgies for the past 4 years. Oh, and I used your icepick to give myself a Prince Albert."
109717
Sometimes it's a good idea to let your Boyfriend meet your parents before you actually go on a date with them (just to assure them that you'll be fine with him)\n\nNext, make sure you tell her about what you guys did, it'll help your parents trust you more if they know what you've done in the past and will be a little better at not holding you back.\n\nNext, don't date people your parent's wouldn't approve of.\n\nAnd if it all fails and your parents don't approve of your date, have your date come over to your house and hang out for a while under your parent's supervision. Most parent's would rather you be under their supervision rather than out there with another guy.
990719
They were probably brought up with that mind frame. Not really their fault. Interracial is not bad at all, but if you were brought up with your parents saying bad things all the time about other races you'd grow up assuming that what they say is right.
332961
YOU ARE BLIND AND MISINFORMED I SWEAR SOME OF YOUR PARENTS IF THEY RAISED YOU LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE PARENTS!!! ALL BLACK PEOPLE DONT HATE WHITES AND ALL WHITE PEOPLE DONT HATE BLACKS!!! SOME PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH (BESIDES YOU) ARE HUMANE AND INTELLIGENT!! HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT; OPEN YOUR EYES *INTERRACIAL DATING*!!! BE SMART AND WISE NOT NARROW MINDED AND IGNORANT ALSO STOP GENERALIZING BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND NOT FACTS!!!
923489
My parents were the same way when I dated outside my race and I didn't understand it, I was happy and they were ruining everything.  I think if you are happy with him then be with him regardless of what your parents say (I did).  They will try everything to prevent you from seeing him but in this situation they are kinda being selfish and racist at the same time.  There's nothing wrong with interracial dating (now-a-days).  Good luck with your parents accepting your happiness.
1055799
Children usually have problems with who their parents date.  They almost always hold hope for reconciliation between their parents.  Any "soul mate" will understand and accept this fact.  If she is the real deal, she will be considerate of the child's feelings and eventually win grudging acceptance if not more.\n\nA child is a lifelong committment and there is no choice about it until the child is an adult.
888850
I don't think you need to see it as a problem. I think you are open minded like I am. Society always tells you to limit yourself to your own race, but you refuse to folow your own preference.\nWell I am a black guy, foregin black guy, and my parents are actually open when it comes race. For them we all bleed red.\nBut again the society I lived in doesn't even accept dating/marriage within diferent ethnic groups. Being from Africa, there are around 84 ethnic groups in my country alone. \nAnd society doesn't accpet it with open hand the marriage of ethic group A to ethnic group B, and mind you we all look alike, dark brown, light brown or black. yet just because you speak additional languages you are considered unfit to date other ethnic groups...Let alone a white or a major different racial group.\nBut guess what I am interested in white girls. well I had my conflict within me as to I had to remain within my country girls.\nWell I came here and all I see are the wonderful white americans, why settle for something else I really am not interested deep inside. I mean it is not about race or anything, I just find myslef attracted to certain types of white girls.\nAnd let me tell you this I have never followed the norm of society.\nSo girl go for your choice, don't feel like you have to date what society expect you to date. After all it is your own love life....right?
116148
Is your Father an old fashioned guy?  Most older fathers have a problem with their children dating outside the race, especially if you are from the South and its the whole black and white issues all over again.
632898
If two people can find each other and connect, that's what really matters.  I always tell my kids, I'd rather have them be with someone of a different race they love that loves them and treats them well, than someone of the same race that doesn't.  Love doesn't know color.
1153982
I have a inter-racial marriage.... I've dated guys of several different races.... race is just the color of the skin for the most part... each person is different in many ways.... in which the color of their skin does not matter and does not change anything.... I'm white if you look at me... but, when you take history of mankind in to account.... we are all mixed...
1131150
Well I'm white and have 2 children with a Philipino man, not really East Asian but Pacific Islander. Not togrther anymore for now 5 and a half years, huge cultural difference! I dont think I would date another other than my own or hispanic.
384749
It can be or it can be just a normal thing.  It depends on if the two of you grew up in the same house since you were teens or before.  But if you are older, like probably 25 or over, and your parent just married his parent, then it would be no big deal.  But if you guys parents had been married since you were a kid, then something is wrong with that.
578493
I married a man of another race.  My family has been pretty accepting of him, thankfully.  But I have also seen a good friend of mine struggle with her dad for years to accept her boyfriend of another race, and he never did, and they eventually broke up.  Her dad was afraid of how other people would treat my friend and her boyfriend, and their children someday.  I think the generations before us have seen people do really mean things because of racism, and sometimes they are scared of that stuff happening to their kids.  You are in a tough place.  I hope your mom can get to know your boyfriend and see him for what you see in him.
419425
Race and ethnicity is one of those while elephants in the From everyone see but no one wants to mention. Because if someone was to say they didn't like to date this or that, they could be mistaken as being a racist. And no one wants to be considered a racist. But as it showed in a recent TV news show. Many people will go into matchmaking and dating Web sites and say they are open to other races, yet only a small percent actually have the moxie to follow through. Unless the annual income of the other person is many 10s of thousands to 100s of thousands more than the usual guy of the usual race they would date. Some are truly color blind, and some Euro women actually like men of ethnic background. But those who are really true to that are far between. Many think of IF it goes to the point of having kids that the kids would suffer by being in between races, and not fully accepted by any. Being in an area where there is one major race like 85% or better. I do not believe they really know or believe who the person really is because they still in the back of their mind rely on stereotypes.