Interracial Couples?

Have you told your extended family that he is black? I don't think that it should matter but unfortuately we live in a society for some people it still does.

My FH is multi-racial (white/mexican/black) and I'm black. Most (if not all) of his family members are in interracial relationships so for them it doesn't matter but on my side of the family I have some people with very strong opinions about interracial relationships. I had one member of my family tell me that *they* like him because he was raised by the black side of his family but if he was raised by the other side they wouldn't like him. My comment was that they should like him because he treats me well and is the love of my life, who he was raised by shouldn't make a difference.

@Brandi- I love your response to your family. It is definitely about how he treats you and that you love each other, not who raised him! Good job standing up for yourself and your fiance.

FH and I are not mixed (as you can see we are both so white we practically glow in the dark) but there have been a few in our family. Unfortunately, there are still some in the older generation who grew up without even having friends who were of a different race or barely knowing people of a different race. I'm a little worried about my soon to be grandpa in law, who had enough trouble with his nearly all german daughter marrying a Czech (they are divorced now and he still calls his ex son in law a greasy bohunk, which is very derrogatory terms from his generation similar to many lobbed around about other races now, right in front of his half-bohunk grandson, my FH) My uncle is married to a Malasian woman, my cousin is engaged to a black man (hopefully you'll see her on here soon) and two of my 2nd cousins are married to latinos. Not to mention that I have friends who are of different races and sexual orientations. His daughter (FH's aunt) is in charge of keeping him in line.

FH and I are not mixed (as you can see we are both so white we practically glow in the dark) but there have been a few in our family. Unfortunately, there are still some in the older generation who grew up without even having friends who were of a different race or barely knowing people of a different race. I'm a little worried about my soon to be grandpa in law, who had enough trouble with his nearly all german daughter marrying a Czech (they are divorced now and he still calls his ex son in law a greasy bohunk, which is very derrogatory terms from his generation similar to many lobbed around about other races now, right in front of his half-bohunk grandson, my FH) My uncle is married to a Malasian woman, my cousin is engaged to a black man (hopefully you'll see her on here soon) and two of my 2nd cousins are married to latinos. Not to mention that I have friends who are of different races and sexual orientations. His daughter (FH's aunt) is in charge of keeping him in line.

Our wedding will be the first on both sides.. I'm white and FH is black. There are no issues with my moms side or his side that I know about. My dad is racist but I've always been with black guys so I haven't talked to him in years. It's crazy cause my dad and FH used to work together years ago. My FH is 9 yrs older than me. Lol. U love who u love!!

I'm white and DH is half filipino/white. I'm the first one in my family to marry outside of my race, but my family doesn't mind at all they love DH. In his family his brothers wife is half mexican/white, and his sister is married to a white guy. So it's all love (for the most part) around here.

Both our families have at least someone who's date outside their race.

My family is mainly african-american/native american, and a tiny bit of Irish.

His family is mainly Irish/French/English-american and a few people mixed with hawaiian, japanese, and korean.

My fiance is half Caucasian half Japanese/Korean.

Some of his family are actually super excited because I'm the first black person to join. They even kept coming up to me at a family dinner to talk and ask questions. No one's been rude to my face, even though I hear a few people are racist.

Everyone in my family loves him. Even favors him over me sometimes, lol. Except my FIL, but he can kick rocks for trying to break us up. Now that he's involved in the wedding he's changed his tune.

On my side of the family we're the first interracial couple (I'm white and he's black). However, on his side of the family his older brother also married a white woman.

His family is so accepting and has really made me a part of the family, even when we were dating his mom would introduce me as her daughter! Most of my family is accepting with a few who disapprove.

Seriously though, who could not like mixed babies? I love them sooo much!!

I am white mix of Polish,Ukrainian,Russian,Italian,Macedonian,French,German... oh,I don't know really and my fiance is African-American.My family is pale and almost all of my father's and my mother's side have blue or green eyes(including me here). We have 2 years old child and we will get married soon.