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Originally posted by valkyrie
IMHO, she was completely out of line for even asking you if he was white and for saying "No"
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I agree that your mom was out of line, but not surprised. There are certain people in my family who would have done this. I was talking to my grandma about my good friends who are gettting married. And talking about their scottish heritage. The guy is also half japanese. When I mentioned my sister used to date this guy, I thought she almost was going to have a heart attack.
Since grandma is scottish I thought she would enjoy hearing about what traditions were being incorporated, but she couldn't get past that he was half japanese.
She had the nerve to tell me that the girl could do better. And I told her actually no. This guy has been more of a brother to me than my actual brother. And is one of the best guys on this planet. One of the few truly good guys.
I know that my grandma would never accept an inter-racial marriage the same way I know she would never dis-own me. She loves me. She would talk about me to others and to me about it.
For the most part you can't change the views that most people have held onto for years. Your relationship might change, but hopefully you would still have a relationship. I might never hear the end of it. But in the end she would still be my grandma.
I hope that it would work similiarly with your family.
