I’m An Indian Woman In Love With A Nigerian Man “What Did Your Parents Say?” Guest Post By Sukhi Saggu What did your parents say is a question that I often get asked when I say that I am in a relationship with an African man. I am an Indian girl who has grown up …
5 Tips For Overcoming Being Disowned For Interracial/Intercultural Love If you find yourself in this position as I, Sachin had in dating a Non-Indian woman, here are my 5 TIPS for overcoming this situation with your parents. Want to know our story find it here. 1.) Both of you in the relationship have to be …
I’M IN AN INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIP: HOW TO NOT FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER I’LL NEVER FIT IN… Have you thought or murmured this before? Or felt this way while being in an intercultural relationship? I know, I have! Early on and even after getting married, I’ve often felt like an outsider in the midst of my husband’s …
The 23 And Me Results That Stunned My Indian Family We Are All Africans From Africa My jaw dropped and my husband blurted out with confusion covering his face, “What was that Dad?” My father-in-law had just stated that he believed that “we are all from Africa and that life did originate there and …
GUEST POST BY NEENA ABRAHAM TOP 5 BLACK AND SOUTH ASIAN CELEBRITY COUPLES When two people join as a multicultural couple, a natural tendency is to research other multicultural celebrity couples. Seeing media representations gives such couples a sense of inclusiveness, guidance, and validation. Unlike researching White & Asian couples or Black & White couples, …
PINTEREST WHO NEEDS MARTHA STEWART LIVING WHEN THERE IS PINTERST? My Big Fat Indian Family, African-American Family, and numerous friends have already come for visits or are planning to visit us in Charlotte, NC this summer. Upon confirmation of an upcoming visit I am swiftly prompted to go to Pinterest to start planning. Pinterest has overtaken my past …
15 REMARKS INTERRACIAL/INTERCULTURAL COUPLES HATE TO HEAR Being in an interracial/intercultural relationship often is presented with double and triple takes, raised eyebrows, frowns, uncanny, funny, and sarcastic comments. Throughout the course of our 12 year relationship and 8 year’s of marriage my Indian husband and I (an African-American woman) have been confronted with some of the most random …
Culture: Are We More Alike Than Different? My husband and I have been together for 12 years, and married for 8 years. In this time, we have come to realize that culturally speaking we are more alike than different. I think that many people presume that since two cultures are different that there are no …
My Interracial/Intercultural Relationship Caused Me To Be Disowned By My Family This Relationship Is Not Allowed Growing up in an Indian family, I, Sachin became accustomed to hearing the normal stereotypes used to describe African-Americans, Asians, and a barrage of other ethnicities. From a family perspective, there wasn’t any ill my parents had with these ethnicities; …
INDIAN SNACK ATTACK Dating and now being married to an Indian man definitely takes a toll on your waist line. Why does it seem like it’s a prerequisite for EVERYTHING to be deep fried in oil/ghee (butter)? I know that you are thinking wait a second isn’t most soul food deep fried or laden in butter? You are a …
