The point is simple

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Nov 1, 2009 at 02:54

and most Americans will marry Americans, but you still have men and women marrying OUTSIDE of the American cultures so your point is?

The most successful and fruitful relationships occur between people who are similar. Study after study confirms this.

Also, if you observe the stories on here, most of the women were either previously married or in long-term relationships with their countrymen. Had these relationships been seen to fruition, they would most likely not have interacted with foreign men. So you see, their first choice was not to go outside of the culture.

This also tends to be the case in interracial and intercultural dating here in America. I've observed African-American women are especially vocal about it.

Also, marriage is not the finish line in many of these cases. Usually, it's an ugly divorce or seperation that negatively impacts the kids, if there are any.

I see it all the time in a courtroom.

Not all Egyptians want their own, not all Moroccans want their own, not all Jordanians want their own, and certainly not all Americans want their own or care what the race if they are in love with the opposite.

"Not caring" about a person's race or religion will not make the relationship any more real. In fact, it could make the relationship more detrimental because these are typically things that cannot be ignored, especially religion. Race is less of a factor, although culture and religion are the two big ones and they must be addressed, especially if marriage and children are a possibility.

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