In your reply, you left in the quote tag, and didn’t close it. This is a known bug, that for some reason only hits posts over a certain (but unknown) length.
What are you and what race is he/she?
I’m African-American, and he (BobPi) is Italian-American
How long have you been together?
A bit less than five years together, four years married.
Any friends or family members from either side have/had misgivings about the relationship?
My mother was not thrilled about the relationship. She didn’t think he was good enough for me. If you asked her, she’d give lip service to the idea that race doesn’t matter. But in her heart, her standards for non-blacks are higher. (This means a white man has to be exceptional: richer, smarter, and handsomer, in order to be worthy.) But ultimately, I think it was our worldwind courtship and the fact that I would be moving from NY to Illinois that bothered her the most. Happily, she has come around, since she realizes Bob loves me deeply and she knows how happy we are together. Bob’s twins (the daughter in particular) were not happy about our relationship either, but I don’t think their displeasure was racially motivated. They would have been negatively disposed toward anyone their father married.
How do you feel about the interracial status of your relationship?
To me, it is a complete non-issue.
Thanks for elucidating. I done been bit by da’ Known Bug, eh?
I hope you don’t mind me asking how young you and your wife were when you two wed.
hope the coding isn’t screwed up
Here’s my reply last January in the previous thread
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What is the specific configuration of your relationship (e.g. WM/BF, AM/WF, etc.)?
I’m a white English-Canadian (mixture of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English etc.) and my wife is Taiwanese (ethnically Chinese several generations back). -
How is everything going?
Typical married couple. Together 7 years, married for 3. -
Do you feel that your not being of the same ethnicity is an impediment to building a successful relationship? How much of one??
Nope, maybe if I didn’t love Asian foods. We’re both very stubborn and opinionated about different things which causes more issues. -
Did either of you have a specific preference for partners of the other’s race, or did it just happen on its own?
Nope, just happened. I’d never limit who I date based on race and before she met me she dated an Asian and an Italian since she came to the US. -
How do your families feel about your relationship? Has anyone voiced any opposition??
Not really. I could see my Dad’s family potentially being bothered but he went and married a black Jamaican so they had to already get over it 20 years ago. The only issue her family had is that we can’t communicate directly. They don’t speak any English and I doubt I’ll ever be able to speak Mandarin or Taiwanese. That was only a minor thing, they would have an issue if I wasn’t an educated professional. -
Do you sense that people make assumptions about you based solely on the fact that you’re in an interracial relationship (e.g. mail-order bride, marriage of convenience, status seeking, etc.)?
None that I’m aware of but I’m fairly oblivious and wouldn’t care what others think. We do tend to joke that we screwed up by coming to the States and were unable to find an American to marry to get our Green Cards. -
Do you feel that your children, if you were to have them, would be at any disadvantage due to their being ‘mixed’?
Our daughter is 18 months and just as stubborn as both of us. I’m certain that she’ll be able to hold her own if kids do pick on her, which they will due to her being the most attractive and intelligent kid in my biased opinion. -
Do you have any other comments that you would like to add to the above?
It would be interesting to know the statistics of the different relationships both here and the US as a whole. Although I would have intuitively thought it would be black/white it seems it may be WM/AF. But those may just be the couples I notice more.
No changes to the above except it’s 15 months later, my daughter is nearing 3 and my son is almost 6 months.
What are you and what race is he/she?
StormSpouse is Asian. I’m white.
How long have you been together?
14 years.
Any friends or family members from either side have/had misgivings about the relationship?
No.
How do you feel about the interracial status of your relationship?
Never been a big issue for us.
Side question:
Is it about interracial pairings, inter-ethnic (is that a word?) pairings, or both? Can someone give a good rundown on what the differences are on that?
Raises hand
Uber-honky white girl dating Japanese man.
Points at my sister
Uber-honky white girl dating Puerto Rican man.
I just read an article in the paper that most women are afraid of entering an interracial relationship. Just looking around my family and the couples I know, I think that’s changing.
Most women, or most white women? Because the women involved in all these interracial relationships have to be coming from somewhere. 
While this seems to be changing, I’ve definitely noticed it, and have heard a few theories that range from ridiculous to sad but true.
-Suburban American white girls with overprotective parents who assume white boys will treat their daughter better (while the boys have free reign).
-Non-white women (especially recent immigrants or those still living abroad) who see American or British white men as having higher status.
-White American men getting ‘tired’ of white and/or American women with their crazy notions of equality seeking non-white women with quainter ideas of domesticity, more desperate living situations, etc. (this one’s pretty prevalent online and I’ve actually heard it voiced aloud by white guys obsessed with Asian girls. Uck. Though it’s also pretty common on Russian bride sites, and they’re all white, so…)
YOU rarely see white women with other races.
Anyway, isn’t it still the case that WM/AF is the safest, most accepted interracial pairing and BM/WF is the most controversial one? So wouldn’t there be plenty more WM/AF?
I dated folks from all over. My mother joked that I was doing a world tour.
I’m surprised no one has brought this up, but genetically, marrying someone dramatically genetically different from you it is actually so markedly genetically beneficial not only to your children, but if I recall, up to 10 generations. It is called Heterosis, or Hybrid Vigor.Obligatory Wiki Link
When I got a call from my child molesting son of a bitch of a father, telling me my cousin was shaming the family for marrying a black guy, I told him he was many, many things, but the best damn thing she could do was breed outside his lunatic genes and I’d bet my last nickle that kids would be the best looking people in the family.
Don’t worry about your kids folks, they’ll do fine. And genetically? They should be better than the two of you combined. HooYah!
Paraphrase an article, get into trouble…
The article said that compared to men, women are less likely to get involved in interracial relationships.
Wow - I’ve never heard of it before. Pretty cool. I knew Jamaica had a sizeable E. Indian population, but didn’t know about the Chinese bit.
Half of my Chinese friends are Jamaican Chinese. Which is pretty neat when they start talking patois with their extended family. Suddenly the Canadian accent is gone.
What are you and what race is he/she?
I’m an Asian Canadian raised muslim and hes a white (German and Irish) (from California) American.
How long have you been together?
Married for a little over two and a half years.
Any friends or family members from either side have/had misgivings about the relationship?
Not really, everyone was happy for us.
How do you feel about the interracial status of your relationship?
I don’t see very many with our couple combo but to us it is a non event. Most of our differences are not that major that we have issues with it. I don’t think that much about it honestly. I am not the first girl to marry a white guy among my family friends and my hubands brother is married to a Chinese (raised in China) girl so his family is used to interracial couples as well.