Interracial/interfaith marriage/dating - Your POV?

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Posted: 13 years ago
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Hey fellow LFDRians! 😊
/Let's have a discussion on interaccial and/or interfaith marriage/dating. As we all know, mostly in our culture, interaccial marriage is a big NO . You are literally refered to as trash by your family, friends and the society if such thing occurs with you.
Those who don't know, interracial marriage is when 2 individuals of different race, culture group marry. Interfaith is when 2 different religions marry.
Please share your views on this issue. Are you against interaccial marriage? Why or why not?
Thanks,
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Posted: 13 years ago
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As long as you love that person, I don't think what race or caste that person belongs to should matter. It's about you and him, your love, understanding and trust.

Edited by Heart - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Firstly toh VIP its quiet good topic 👏

glad u came here again was missin ya 😳

and i agree with @Heart

bt its only when if u love someone "truly" and wish to spend "Whole life" with that person then only it does not matter wat race which caste group or culture the other person belongs.

orelse if it is js time paas thing then i dont think anyone even thinks of interracial marriage.😳.

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I Personally think there should not be opposition to the interacial marriages as u mentioned one gets reffered as trash by family and friends all the times if got married in different race and al.

And as long as two ppl love eachother they should not even think of it they should stay happily ever after like fairy tales lol cos kuch toh log kahenge logonka kaam hai kehna

and if we always wil give damn to wat ppl says then life wil become hell 😳.

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Posted: 13 years ago
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Heyy Bipin.. Thank U jee, it feels gr8 to see this section coming to life ☺️
Back to the topic-
I agree with both of you. When you truly love someone, there shouldn't be any barriers at all.
But you know, many of us have been taught to follow our culture respectively, and to pass it on to our children so they can pass it on to theirs.
Don't you think if everyone starts marrying different race, cast, culture, religion, the chain will break? Yes, people will start becoming ONE but then, you are also losing your identity. Who you are. What you are.
Is this is why us asians (mostly elders) aren't very broad-minded about such practice? I think so yes.
&& not just asians, I have a friend, she is from Greece. She is so pretty that any guy would go lala 😆 but her parents have thrown a restriction on her: She can only date/marry a greek.
My opinion..hmm, I don't know. I won't say I'm against interracial marriage because each individual should be allowed to do what they want since at some point, we all are mature enough to understand what we are doing and if it's right or wrong. However, I don't think I will ever be ready for an interracial marriage or even allow my children (whenever Mr.Hashmi is ready) to be involved in it.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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LOVE Your Discussion aka thread !!!

Honestly - i am on the rocks about this issues, It's cute that two people love each other and they want to spend the rest of their lives with each other .
But also family (especially in our community plays a very important part in our lives) is an important part of our lives , so their opinions should matter .

My cousin He married a Italian girl ,they met in high school , classic story , she was a cheerleader and he was a Football player. were dating for over 13 yrs. so then they got Married and Had a Baby girl .. . .
but reality is . Now , I am not close to them , Nor is anyone else in the family . my sister in law does feel a bit isolated at family events and gatherings. My Elders Most don;t speak english so We converse in Gujarati . I do feel that if my sister in law was desi it would have been better for the in laws and would give her a sense of Belonging

there are alot of Cultural difference between her and the family. Her marriage is Prefect , My cousin Loves her to death . and both are extremely Happy. Its just they are happy, Not so much the In laws . my Aunt and Uncle do feel a sense of distance and at an elderly age ( 60+) they need someone to look out for them .

I don't know if I can Ever be In a Interracial Marriage But i am not against it and i am not with it .
its an individual choice , but a family will be effected by the decision the person makes .
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Posted: 13 years ago
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I got nothing personally against interracial marriage but there are different levels of it for which I have different thoughts about like:
marrying someone from a total different religion: if u have full faith in ur religion then I believe it can be hard to marry someone who has beliefs in another religion... I'm not being against other religions but I'm jus generally saying for everyone I think tht can be hard
but then when it comes to the whole cast system some ppl be against... tht I don't regard... what is cast its nothing wht is the basis of it nothing... cast is jus a man-made thing... maybe in olden days it still had its class difference and all but especially nowadays merely cast cannot decide if someone is fit enough for u or not
overall I do believe it comes to solely the chatacter of the person and what is he like personally rather than his race... but race does have an input in it I believe as in no offence to anyone and I don't mean it any bad way or anything but I believe I associate to Asians generally more in the sense of who I'd want to marry than say a gora... I don't mean in a bad way as in I'm sure they would associate more wid ppl from their background than me too lolll... like the whole culture thing... as in wen u gonna live wid some1 for the rest of ur life... culture does come into it... like say I enjoy my dhaal chawal my bollywood movies... someone totally alien to it will not be able to associate wid me in all those things which brings in a disconnection
basicallyyy 😛 if someone is amazinggg and u get on wid them and tht race shud not be the reason for a 'NO!'
Edited by rukhaya - 13 years ago
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: rukhaya

basicallyyy 😛 if someone is amazinggg and u get on wid them and tht race shud not be the reason for a 'NO!'

Hmm. So if you find yourself a Gora who loves you to death and eats daal chawal with you along some bollywood movie even though he doesn't understand it (Alex watched a couple bollywood movies with me , 🤣 ) you will be ready to spend the rest of your life with him? Are you going to go against your family and break the chain?
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Posted: 13 years ago
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A very good topic up for discussion👏
Can two people of the same race or caste be happy if there is no good relationship between them? can a race religin or a caste untite their relationship, if so for what period? the names religion, castes, or race shud not be the case for a relationship,. in Europe or other western countries there are hardly two races blacks n whites,. whites being superior since they used blacks as slaves. but in asian countries y thousands of castes because its been split in such a way than some need to study,rule enjoy n the others designed to create a space for them,. is that wat we hav to preserve??
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Originally posted by: rukhaya

I got nothing personally against interracial marriage but there are different levels of it for which I have different thoughts about like:

marrying someone from a total different religion: if u have full faith in ur religion then I believe it can be hard to marry someone who has beliefs in another religion... I'm not being against other religions but I'm jus generally saying for everyone I think tht can be hard
but then when it comes to the whole cast system some ppl be against... tht I don't regard... what is cast its nothing wht is the basis of it nothing... cast is jus a man-made thing... maybe in olden days it still had its class difference and all but especially nowadays merely cast cannot decide if someone is fit enough for u or not
overall I do believe it comes to solely the chatacter of the person and what is he like personally rather than his race... but race does have an input in it I believe as in no offence to anyone and I don't mean it any bad way or anything but I believe I associate to Asians generally more in the sense of who I'd want to marry than say a gora... I don't mean in a bad way as in I'm sure they would associate more wid ppl from their background than me too lolll... like the whole culture thing... as in wen u gonna live wid some1 for the rest of ur life... culture does come into it... like say I enjoy my dhaal chawal my bollywood movies... someone totally alien to it will not be able to associate wid me in all those things which brings in a disconnection
basicallyyy 😛 if someone is amazinggg and u get on wid them and tht race shud not be the reason for a 'NO!'


I had response on the caste system thing. But stupid Stupid Me , I X'd out of Google chrome. and all gone. Now tooo lazy to write everything in detail .. so

so I will make it brief ,
In terms of Caste - I understand its not part of your religion therefore u wouldn't acknowledge it or place much value on the caste system , however saying , it's nothing is politically incorrect, even if u don't recognize something don't downsize the existence of it or lessen the value without knowing what it is .

Caste system each group has a certain type of life style which they followed, a routine .That's why when it came to marriage it is more accommodating for the Girl to marry into a household that is similar to her, Making her life more easier in transition .
Nowadays We don't have Practicing Hindus sad to say but its true. so the what caste a person is from , doesn't matter.
So if Nowadays there is Inter caste marriages i don't think it should matter too much BUT not marrying into the same Gotra , I understand that ideology

- Marrying something of a different religion now , thats hard , Cuz in the course a person will lose touch with their religion and practices, which religion to teach the children ,.
and Especially a Hindu ( a practicing One ) with Christian or Muslim would be extremely difficult cuz of vegetarianism , i know for a fact i can't stand the smell coming from the meat selection in a supermarket , forget my house.

But if both people were Indian and not very practicing Hindus n Muslims/Christians then its easier , cuz the core of the Indian culture is the same , culturally many things done by desis /indians are From Hinduism, even though people don't recognize it . so it would be easier

But different race and different religion ,- that is extremely difficult and one person will have to lose a bit of themselves and their culture.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Interracial marriage has never been easier especially for Indians. For lovers, I think they will be differences but usually they will follow the society culture and probably give importance to their respective cultures festivals once in a time. This way none of them feel dominant. I know two cousins who dated some white and irish girls. The one who dated white got married to her and they are happy with each other even today and both respect each other's family and consider as their own. Kids are raised like how an american family is raised. The only fear that elder people in the family feel is they hope that they remain married with each other until death.

Another cousin who dated irish their relationship was tragic. They both were happy each other and family was OK with their relationship but never really considered her as a "part of family". She was actually wayy older than my cousin and all the uncles and aunties stepped up and these guys broke up. Now, I'm saying not that elders were responsible but as the relationship got deeper , they faced problems which probably they didnt expect outside family thing. If it only were family problem, then I think my cousin would have convinced them and got married to her but I wonder if they were heading for marriage.. which I dont know. So, I can say that its 50-50 chance. Enter an interracial dating/marriage at your own risk 😊


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