Interracial relationships among South Asians

Hey,

I'm really curious to know if there are any South Asians here who have been or are in an interracial relationship. What are some of the obstacles you guys have faced regarding your relationship? I'm also interested in hearing from people who have been/are in relationships with South Asians.

My sister (South Asian) is living with her boyfriend (Hispanic) and she's constantly being pressured by my parents to get married to him. So this made me wonder if other South Asians have also faced similar issues.

Hey,

I'm really curious to know if there are any South Asians here who have been or are in an interracial relationship. What are some of the obstacles you guys have faced regarding your relationship? I'm also interested in hearing from people who have been/are in relationships with South Asians.

My sister (South Asian) is living with her boyfriend (Hispanic) and she's constantly being pressured by my parents to get married to him. So this made me wonder if other South Asians have also faced similar issues.

My south Asian ex girlfriend's parents never knew that I existed

I was in a few but only one long term one that was on and off for around 3 years. Her mum wasn't into the idea of her dating a south Asian and my mum wasn't into the idea of me going around with a white girl, purely cause they both thought we would be bad for each other. But regardless of what we used to disagree on she was very understanding about why I thought the way I did due where I'm from and what I believe in and I'd like to think I was too. I was only 17 so the prospect of marriage was nonexistent to me then, whether it was forced or not.


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Was in one.

Depends on the parents and that is independent amongst every South Asian household, but what I've seen commonly is that they would be unhappy about it. This was in my case anyway, but I still went on with it and if it works it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't.

There can be a lot of convincing to do, depending on the parents

Ohh that's interesting. Do you think that because you were teenagers, your mom wasn't worried that the relationship wouldn't be too serious and get to a point where marriage would be considered? She must have assumed it wouldn't last seeing as how you guys were on and off.

I find that South Asian guys are less pressured into getting married when they are in a committed relationship with someone from a different ethnicity. For the girls, it's a different story.

A friend of mine has been dating her boyfriend for 4 years and is going to move in together with him but they have no intention of ever getting married. While her mom is really chill about everything, she found out that her mom expects her to marry him somewhere down the line. She even jokingly threatened to cut off all ties with her if she didn't.

To be honest, her mum would have came round, infact she was coming round to it, but we had practically ended. It's my parents who wouldn't have, there's already a marriage between a south Asian girl (my sister) and white guy in my house hold and my mum & dad aren't happy, so I couldn't do that to them again. I genuinely don't mind what race I marry into, I'm not attracted to some types of ethnicities, but other than that I'm open minded, but for my parents I couldn't do what my sister did since they're unhappy till this day.




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Can I ask which country in South Asia you and your sister are from? And what religion you practice? Also, if your parents gave you guys a religious upbringing?

How long has your sister been married and how long did she date the guy? Did your parents say exactly why they aren't happy with her marriage? (different religion and/or culture).

Sorry for all the questions but I had a theory that South Asian girls' relationships are only acceptable for their parents if it ends in marriage and your sister's situation completely disproved it.