Kids Talk about Dating across Cultural Lines

There are many different opinions about dating with a person who is not from my own culture. Actually, I have dated outside my own ethnic group. There were a lot of problems to go out with him. There were a lot of differences on our values. My parents said it is OK to date with him but my grand parents and my older brother hated it. They disliked him because of his ethnic background. My brother said if he and I get married, he would not attend our wedding, and he wouldn’t acknowledge that my boyfriend had become one of his relatives. I felt very sad but I never changed my mind that I can date a boy who is not in my own culture. I had very hard time but also I was happy to be with him.