Interracial Couples

Well, Valentine’s day is officially a week away & normally I’m all about holidays (I can’t wait to be old so I can wear Christmas sweaters without looking like an idiot, I don’t think they’re tacky at all), but this time I am not so excited. This is the 1st Valentine’s Day where I am not with my significant other, Dylan. My boyfriend is 5 hours away from me! This upcoming weekend is going to be absolutely horrible. Everybody is going to be out with their boyfriend/girlfriend to be sitting alone in my dorm. Blaaaaaaah! I plan on sitting alone, eating a lot, & watching romantic comedies online all weekend. On a higher note, Dylan & I are going to celebrate Valentine’s Day when I go home for spring break. We’re going to get a hotel room in a fancy hotel & have a romantic night together. I ordered a shirt online that says I <3 Dylan & he’s going to send me a card that he made himself so at least I can open up something on Valentine’s day. He knows how important holidays are to me & it’s really cool that he would spend time making me a card.
Anyways, this blog is about interracial relationships. As I’m guessing you guys have noticed, I am black. Dylan, on the other hand, is white. And he’s very white. He has blonde hair, green eyes, & thin lips. In other words, he would’ve passed Hitler’s standards. This has never really created a problem between the two of us but it has created a problem between other people. I remember this one time where we went through the drive-thru at Arby’s & the guy had given us the food. And he said “is that your girl?” as he handed us the food. Then he called his friend over & said that is his girl. Dylan & I were both like WTF was that all about? We’ve come to the conclusion that the guy had never seen a black girl & a white guy together before. And I know it’s fairly uncommon. I looked it up online & found out that there are only 117,000 married couples with a white husband & a black wife! As opposed to 50 million married white couples & 4 million married black couples. I wonder why this is. I think it’s because lighter skin has always been a symbol of beauty. Even in the black community, lighter skinned people are often considered prettier then darker skinned people. Of course I don’t think this because I am darker skinned. Another issue that has come up between us is his family. Most of his families think that white people should only be with white people. They would be shocked if they knew that Dylan was dating a black girl. And even in his immediate family, I think his mom has an issue with me being black as well. She has never said it but I think that’s one of the main reasons she doesn’t like me (she actually hates me more so then not liking me). But & it’s just hard for me to imagine that in this day & age somebody would say they don’t like me without even seeing me. But it is what it is and hope that one day it’ll change for the better. It just baffles be that even with a black president & a black Miss America. I think we’re changing for the better though.