Anything unpopular about your relationship?

Not really. He is taller then me but I feel like that’s normal in a relationship. We were bestfriends for 7 years before we even started dating which is different but definitely to our advantage.

I'm 6 - years older than he is, but I don't really think that's too uncommon. Our heights are about the same, and our religion is the same. I think the big differences for us is our familial culture. It's not uncommon for parents to live with their children (my mom lives with us), especially as they get older. We take care of our elders even if it's unpopular and anxiety creating. We have many cultural differences, he's a true "mid-west" raised man and I'm a European descent New Yorker. Two very different lifestyles and we sometimes clash and more so his family doesn't understand some of my customs.

We are the exact same heights so when I do wear heels I will have to stand with my legs slightly distanced so we’re more the same level (trick of the trade). I’m also 2 years older than him. I’m Buddhist, he’s Agnostic. These may be viewed as “unpopular” things but I feel we mesh well and support each other.

My fiancé is significantly taller than me, but that’s pretty common in our area. I am older than him though, which is definitely not common around here (usually people are the same age or the guy is a few years older). We also have different religious views, and completely opposite political views- the latter part has been pretty much unheard of around here. I just moved here (rural Midwest) from a major city to be with my fiancé after nearly 4 years of long-distance dating. None of these things were “unpopular” where I lived, but seem to be in this small town. 🤷🏼‍♀️

View Quoted Comment Ohhhh. I can understand the clashing. I believe in taking care of elders but I also believe in the difference between helping and enabling.

The only thing unpopular (to some) is the fact that we are an interracial couple. I am Dominican (born in Puerto Rico) and my fiance is caucasian. Some people in his family don't like the fact he is with a woman of color. One of his ex's went as far as to say that he can do better than a "black girl". Other than that everything is pretty normal or accepted. We are a little over 3 years apart in age and he's 6'2 while I'm 5'6.

View Quoted Comment What??!! Wow. I am so sorry you have had to deal with that sort of disgusting negativity. So awesome that both of you have not let it sway you from your love for each other and the continuance of your relationship. You make a gorgeous couple!

We are an interracial couple. This is pretty uncommon to the one side of my family and his whole family, so I always felt like his family didn't *get* it, even though they're very nice to me. I came from an interracial marriage, so it's not too weird to me to be in an interracial relationship. He is also a foot taller than me, I'm 5' and he's 6'.

View Quoted Comment Thank you!

View Quoted Comment Wow that's surprising. May I ask what state ir regional part of the US you live in?. Im in the midwest and interracial relationships are more popular here than same race ones.

View Quoted Comment I'm in central Florida. I feel like it's kinda half and half here on where people stand. We definitely get a lot of stares when we go out.

We have a 19 year age difference between us.

I am 6 years older than my husband and he hates it when people say I look like the younger one. 😊. He’s a city boy and I’m a country girl. Luckily we have the same political views and love the same sports teams so it all works for us.

View Quoted Comment Wow that is so unfortunate. I've received opposite criticism. One of my classmates told me that it was a shame my FH is the same race as me bc our kids would look better if they were biracial or "hybrid." Yes he really said the word hybrid. And that one race kids are boring and dull.

View Quoted Comment That is extremely offensive and insensitive. It's one thing to promote and accept interracial relationships and another to insult children (and/or future children) for being one race. No one race or a mix is better than the other. We are all equals. And just because people find themselves in an interracial relationship doesn't mean that should be the standard for everyone.

I can’t really think of anything in the moment aha

I am 2 years 9 months older than my fiancé, He is the step dad to 7 of my kids and father to our daughter but is amazing and accepts them all we had a daughter out of wed lock .

Haha we're about 2 inches apart, so I have to be careful about which shoes I wear.

My family believes my happiness comes first, but I'm pretty sure they always thought I'd marry someone who had a similar background as us (Chinese), as my FH is Japanese-American. There's a pretty violent history between the Chinese and Japanese. Relatives have definitely brought up the Rape of Nanking of 1937 at least once or twice.

I’m three years older, divorced, mother of two. He is an absolute saint of a human. Lol

I'm older than him by 6 years, 3 months, and 10 days. (I'll spare you the hours.)

We're both actors.

We love sports teams that are NOT the teams where we live (and where DH is from).

He's Catholic, I'm not even Christian. (So, to piggy back on this, we have a running joke about how I'm SCANDALOUSLY NOT Italian! to his family - they don't care - and how he's not Old American Blue Blood! to my family - the part that does care, is dead, thankfully.)

Eh, there's always something that people can decide is Not Right to them.

Edit: apparently we need to start a 6 years older Club!