Failure of inter-racial relationships

Survey shows rates of inter racial relationships in marriages and relationships are more likely and higher at risk to fail.
Blames are based on culture differences.
Culture indeed plays a role but its not the real culprit to why most inter-racial relationship fails.
To begin with,Societies already have labelled inter-racial relationship as neccessity not love.
In my opinion, primary factors working against inter racial relationship with outstanding succesful results are:.
1, Society
2, family
3,friends.
Society:.
E.g an African/Asian woman in Europe, walking on the street with her husband,
first the man is seen as the walking wallet
the woman is the walking passport or the wallet spender.
It is fair to say, societies frowns at inter-racial relationship.
in African, caucasians are seen as world bank with hard currency
In Asia, as a means of survival.
Family:,
They pretend to respect your choice but when trouble knocks at your relationship or marriage, they immidiately seize the opportunity&waste no time voicing their opinion on how wrong it had been from the start.
Friends;. These group feels threatened by their friendship. They see patner as competitions.
When a man or a woman marries or are busy building a relationship,it cost hardwork,energy,attention&responsibility.
Friends immidiately assumes partners are the reason why their friendship seems awkward.
Friends roles are very important, you rely on your friends for trusted advise regarding your relationship.
Unfortunately,friends impulse is reck it all, win your friendship back.
The influence they have as friends, pave the way to work against inter racial relationship.
Seriously, isnt it possible that these inter racial couples could truly love each other?
lets examine culture role in inter-racial relationship.
Culture:
The African/Asian culture mind software is programmed to respect and pledge undying love,affection,care, be a good cook because it is said, the way to a man's heart is through the stomach. Solidarity to the man and the man should always be in control.
But when they are in inter-relationship, revise is the case,
she wants to be in control and abuse the privileages she gets from the foreign partner.
They become lazy, they want to hire a personal cook.
They turn their husband into nanny.
Rather than being the keeper of the wealth of his hardworks, she becomes the careless spender.
trying hard to impress her community and friends.
Causians culture is 100% respect to women,she controls the cheque, arrange the family agenda.She is put first before any person.
Rather than respect their foreign partner, they treat her as a painting on the wall, just make yourself beautiful,,,,,,,,u dont have to know about taxrefund, or what goes in and out of my wallet,except what i give to u,just remain hanging on the wall. you dont have to ask about my work or how i feel, thats my family and friends job.
or just sign the contract, you stupid African or Asian girl, when i get tired of you, i just buy myself a new painting.
At family gathering or friends party,she is set aside as the intruder.
Conclusion:
We cant blame culture because clearly we dont apply culture in inter racial relationship.
We are all human so when you find a person you love&want to be with,just treat them, how you treat and expect yourself to be treated.
Do not build your relationship on society,friends&family expectations.
If there is a problem, talk with your partner. Tell about your work, your interest even if he or she isnt interested, keep telling her,,,,share your finances, give her a chance to feel responsible for the household chores and your financial decisions.
Thats why he/she is your partner.
Success or failure of any relationship is based purely on individual effort.
And individual indeed does varies.
Most happy inter racial relationship are those who stood the challenges with their partner, through the good,bad and ugly.
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Comments (21)

Wow! Your Blog has to be the longest and most thoughtfully complex that I have ever seen anywhere (including at CS)!!
Clearly you are a bright intelligent articulate young Lady; speaking from the heart; about her own experience (s) within an inter-racial marriage (?) (At least this was the impression I had.)

Your views are thought provoking and your use of the English language well done. It is my fervent hope that your marriage has been a successful one, and as the result of you and your partner respecting each other and working together to overcome all obstacles and challenges to your joint happiness as described in your article (?).

I enjoyed reading it. And I thank you for sharing it with us here at CS.

David.
interesting,seems genuine,you have really experienced this,i like your interpretation,...i only do not believe that any woman can control my life,because i know my self,and every woman i knew they told me i was born as a leader and leaders can not be controlled by others,grin

but i do respect and like free minded women,great blog,i hope you will get serious people here,cos most of the time is not uh oh wine
dorothia rose
inter-ratial relationship is successful if just both, and I repeat BOTH partners come from very similar family, cultural and social backgrounds. I have met couple of inter-racial relationships,( both Londoners... ) both were satisfied and their relationship works really well.

Good blog!

Have a lovely day wave
The only race I could develop a love relationship with would be with man who is clever enough to know what love is. But, so far, I haven't found such a race of men.
in my opinion and this is purly an opinion the bigest culperates here is family and culture like you said.
but.... many times and this is something i have seen is that both party's have some deep rooted racial prejudice, its nothing you can see on the surface but later in the relationship it survace's
and i think that is mainly due to culture.
i have seen these relationships work, my couzen is maried to an african lady from britain, they have had theyre isues in the past very near breaking up, but they have pulled through because they where willing to face this problym.

its not nice to face this but if you enter into an inter racial relationship you need to sit with your partner and dig, dig deep and confront this.
seeing a pshyciatrist might not be a bad idea, as it will prefent future heartache and scars in the relationship.
hi vyolata,

thks for ur comment, i just want to say, there are men who thinks just like u as regards to women. Everyone is capable of loving, u just have to find the right, the one exclusive special person who makes ur knees weak,and ur stomach swims with multitude of butterflies.
Though it seems like a frictional novel or fairytales but there are men truely capable of loving irrespective of their race.
Beside some bad moments does not have to sour the entire men race.
Maybe you looked the wrong or your list of expectations are just too high to keep up with, most probably he could have been standing the whole time in front of u.
Being negative is one of the biggest hinderances in finding mr right.
Hi walkinginsleep,

most inter racial couples, should think like you do. Thats the spirit.
i can't even make it work with a white guy.confused
Hi lookylou
Does it have to be labelled {a white guy}? A guy is a guy, success and failure of your relationship shouldnt be based on race. Could it be something other his color went wrong? look hard why it fails, most especially turn the mirror a couple of time yourself too!
most recently, i've been told it was me. no worries. i'm not looking anymore.
didn't intend to be flip. Just commenting that if an inter-racial couple has challenges, than i am not up to the task as i cannot make it work with a man of my same race.

simply, long term relationships are difficult for me to achieve.
SOMETIMES YOU MEET SOMEONE, THATS SOMEHOW DIFFERENT, ITS NOT JUST THE LOOKS, THERES SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEM, AND THEN, ITS NO CHALLENGE TO BE WITH THEM, AT ALL.hug
now i dont want to be a trouble stirer but i dont think it is necesary for you to have to explain lookyloo.
we live in the 21st century and we are all fine with inter racial relationships, but if you prefer your own race then it is your personal preferance :)
someone that goes against that is no better than the people kicking against inter racial relationships wine
hi Lindz,

long story short, I happy for ANYONE who can make it work.

Congrats to who can.:-)
sorry if i give that impression. i will be silent the rest of the day:-)
NAW,,IT DOSENT SUIT YOU BEING SILENT, laugh
i have seen a couple of couples in the larger town south of here but never talked to them just me knowing what i do about the people around here it has got to be tuff to make it work .
Good post! wine

In the end it's love that makes the real difference with any relationship!

Your a very intelligent woman, I wish I could find more like you in my neck of the woods! grin bouquet
I think if an inter-racial relatonship fails it is for the same reasons any relationship fails, OR because outside negative influences finally take their toll.
Well, dorothia, that is interesting blog to have a thinking but anyway I personally never believe that it won't work out. There is a chance (even not everyone made it at the end) but like every challenges in relationship, you have to keep strong to face it, if not, never dare to try it.

Remember, everything not common in out social life will bring more comments and challenges. Are you ready? If yes, then go.

wine
Summer
My grandmother was Indonesian married to a Dutch man......it worked , they were both religious. My mother married a new zealander...........they were both religious, I married a French man it was wonderful, until he died, we were both non religious. My daughter is married to an Egyptian man, they are both religious.
I think if love , real love is involved and people have a common ground ie religion to keep them together then it can work well. People are people, it depends on the agenda of the parties from the outset. Eventually if one partner realises he or she was just a passort to a better country and a meal ticket. There is bound to be a recognition of that and dissatisfaction will set in and eat away at the relationship. Saskia
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