# Indian (India) guy interracial relationships poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 30, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366 "2013-03-30T18:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/1 "2013-03-30T18:05:45Z")
was trying to get this working originally and hope the mods can merge this with my other Indian guys thread anyways I post a poll of what kind of women you have seen or known Indian (India) men to date in real life poll is being posted, wanted this instead of my other thread but oh well, now I know how it works if mods want they can either close the other thread or just merge it with this one, thank you, this is my last thread on the whole topic ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/2 "2013-03-30T18:59:19Z")
thanks for voting on the poll guys hmm amazing I did not even know before coming to this site that indian man - white woman couples existed ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/3 "2013-03-30T19:03:00Z")
I should point out that your poll option doesn’t have an option for Indian male — non-Indian male, but those couples exist, too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/4 "2013-03-30T19:08:37Z")
> [@Curious\_Man](#): > > thanks for voting on the poll guys > > hmm amazing > > I did not even know before coming to this site that indian man - white woman couples existed You never heard of Sanjay Gupta? Arguably the most recognized Indian male in the country. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/5 "2013-03-30T19:18:59Z")
> [@Curious\_Man](#): > > I did not even know before coming to this site that indian man - white woman couples existed I find it similarly amazing that you thought such pairings would not exist, much less never having seem one such. ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/6 "2013-03-30T19:22:42Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > I find it similarly amazing that you thought such pairings would not exist, much less never having seem one such. never ever seen it in real life to be honest with you ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/7 "2013-03-30T19:30:49Z")
Also, Indians _are_ Asians. I am tired of seeing this, “Indians aren’t Asians,” implication. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/8 "2013-03-30T19:35:43Z")
Yes, but in the US, “Asian” is shorthand for those from China, Korea, Japan and so forth, while South Asian is shorthand for those from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. On the other hand, I believe that in the UK, Asian is shorthand for those from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and they use East Asian for those from China, Korea, Japan and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/9 "2013-03-30T19:38:01Z")
Thanks **Dewey Finn** for your clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/10 "2013-03-30T20:08:27Z")
We don’t allow that kind of thing around here. Just kidding. Big Indian population here. It’s not that frequent with first generation immigrants but not unusual with their children. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/11 "2013-03-30T20:19:23Z")
> [@Curious\_Man](#): > > never ever seen it in real life to be honest with you If you’ve never ever seen it in real life, then why did you fail to include a “no” option in the poll? ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/12 "2013-03-30T20:21:13Z")
because I want to hear from people that have seen it ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/13 "2013-03-30T20:22:37Z")
There’s a white guy at work right now who is dating an Indian guy. ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/14 "2013-03-30T20:40:25Z")
more interested in knowing about Indian men with other races and nationalities of women ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/15 "2013-03-30T22:00:52Z")
I’ve known so many Indians in my life and times that they run the entire gamut of combinations in your poll. So, in brief, yes. I knew one couple in Malaysia where the wife was ethnically Chinese and the husband ethnically Indian. Their daughter turned out looking exactly Malay! ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/16 "2013-03-30T22:48:16Z")
> [@Curious\_Man](#): > > more interested in knowing about Indian men with other races and nationalities of women There’s your problem. Cutting your potential dates in half right from the start. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/17 "2013-03-30T22:56:27Z")
Why do you care about the women’s hair color? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/18 "2013-03-30T23:02:27Z")
I’m a white female (brunette, if you must know) and my husband is from India. I’m probably a little biased, but it never occurred to me that an Indian-White relationship would be considered unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/19 "2013-03-30T23:31:58Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I’ve known so many Indians in my life and times that they run the entire gamut of combinations in your poll. So, in brief, yes. Yup. Me, too. And, although Indian/non-Indian pairings aren’t as typical as couples who share a culture or ethnic group of origin, I don’t think of them as particularly unusual, either. ---
**Author:** ![Curious\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366/20 "2013-03-31T00:37:07Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > There’s your problem. Cutting your potential dates in half right from the start. how so? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-india-guy-interracial-relationships-poll/654366.md?page=2)