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Couples Share the Happiness and Heartache of Interracial Marriage | National Geographic


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·Nov 11, 2024

That was the first time that I initially told him that I loved him was at Cairo. Do well, he likes to yodel. I can almost cry describing her. She's the love of my life. I fell in love with her as she was getting out of a taxi the first time I ever saw her.

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Well, my friends and talk to us for two years. They didn't like the idea that I was going out and definitely didn't like the idea of marrying an Italian. Wrong cast, wrong culture, wrong religion, wrong everything. So, my grandfather was the patriarch of the family. When I told him I was dating Aaron, it was almost like it broke his heart to a point where he went to my pastor and said this is against the Bible.

My parents were a little bit more leery when it came to me dating, especially outside of my race. They were worried that maybe if we didn't get along, that the n-word would pop out. A car drove by and there were these teenagers in there. They rolled the window down and yelled, "Chinese and white ain't right." And I got kind of mad. I was like, "What the hell?" And she said, "Yeah, I mean I'm Korean. What's wrong with him?"

You would think a group that is as marginalized as the gay community would be completely comfortable with an interracial couple. But, you know, privately they'll say things to me that are a little inappropriate. Well, you know, Matt, he likes the brothers, or "once you go black, you never go back," or "the black of the berry, the sweeter the juice." I mean, I've heard them all.

Hasn't Emeritus International changed me? Oh, has marriage changed me? And now, after so many years, I am totally dominated by my wife. Exactly. It's Marilyn. I don't wake up in the morning and think like, "Oh, here's my black husband and I'm half Indian," and "we're about to start our interracial day." I just love kind of experiencing their culture.

Even if we're around his mother and she's cooking a dish that he grew up eating, biscuits and gravy, I just fell in love with that. So, it was like I've never had any before. I was ready for this. And you always use my products. Oh, you do use my black hair care products! That isn't, that is not true!

What would I say to somebody who didn't believe in interracial relationships? It's probably not for you. Then why do we have to put the tag on as "interracial marriage?" Should they just be a marriage? When she's talking to me, I'm not thinking like, "Oh, I'm listening to a Filipino." I'm listening to Anjali.

According to science, race is barely even a thing. I mean, we're all just humans. If you meet somebody and you do get along, and you have a ton in common, why should race matter?

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