Does anyone has a mixed race/nationality marriage? How do you make it work?

I have never understood why people think that it wont work... Other than dealing with the racism and prejudice of others, why should we have to work any harder than any other couple? I'm black and I am engaged to a man who just happens to be white. I dont see him as a white man, just a man that I adore. We make it work just as any other couple does, ignoring the opinions of others and remaining true and open with each other.

We just love each other and honor our comitments. Like I said, the only problem with our marriage is OTHER peoples opinions... but when I go to bed at night, I am laying next to him, not them... what they say and feel and think matter not to me. Just how he feels, and what he needs. :)

I'm black and my husband is Vietnamese/German. We have a 19month old daughter. We live in Michigan and, to be quite honest, there's really nothing to make "work." We kiss, laugh, argue, go shopping, dance etc. just like any other couple. In our city, we've never ran into any problem. The only thing I can say is that when we go to Detroit, we get some stares from black men but, other than that, everything's been wonderful.

There are so many interracial couples nowadays (unless you live in the deep South or somewhere similar), that people don't really care that much anymore.

I am white with a few mixes like polish and english and my Fiance is Black. We have never had any problems. I don't hate on color, I date whomever I want to date. When I used to live in Atlanta, Ga. I got so much s h i t from black girls whenever I was out with a black man..but now that I moved back home to VA. I don't get any problems from anyone. We have a 2 year old little girl and the only people that were against it was my mom and my oldest sister but they've come around to reality now.

I am not in an interracial marriage, but my sister is married to a black man. At first it was tough for the whole family because being from a southern state you can realize how we were influenced by growing up. Eventually everyone in my immediate family grew up and realized that of my sister's three husband he was by far the best man of them all (the first two were white men). He is a good father and husband to all of her kids and mine as well. I couldn't have asked for a better brother-in-law not for what he is, but what he has made me become.

Sweet Pea we don't have to marry within our race. We are all human and we all have the same insides. What I am trying to say is if you love someone you look deep within not the color of the skin. I am a African American woman and my husband is Latino and African American. We love each other and we have been married for nine years with 5 beautiful kids. It will work as long as you put your heart into it. God Bless!

I'm biracial.My parents are separated.The relationship was hard.The problem was not racial,it was cultural.My mother is French and my dad is African.But I know "afro-european" couples who have overcome their differences.I think that to make such a relationship work you have to respect the culture and the point of view of the other even if you disagree with it.unhappily,it was not the case of my parents.

My parents did, and they made it work for almost 40 years. The trick was to open up to the new traditions (both of them) and both cooperate, one year spend Christmas in my fathers country, the next one in my mother's country. The trick is to remember your spouse is not obligated to convert into anything, nor forget his/her roots and viceversa. Just be open, share, don't frown on things because they are different, etc.

Im in a mixed marriage. I love my husbands ethnicticity ( hes european mutt haha) and he loves mine (Im a mexican indian russian and german). We do not tolerate racism in our life and ignore the ignorant. We respect each others differences and honor the differences when it comes to holidays, thoughts, outlook on life.

I have never had a problem. My wife is Korean and I am Caucasian (German, Polish, and Russian). There has never been an issue.

I'm white, hubby is black... We do have some issues with outsiders but we ignore them because they are simply ignorant.

LOL I have more in common with hubby then I did with my ex who is white.