Was I supposed to make an announcement? Oh, I am so sorry I didn't. What kind of a comment is that? It is not like you develop a liking for a particular 'race'. It is the people you like to spend time with. You don't date someone for that person belonging to a different race! Or, your kids will look very pretty. Most individuals who were blessed with this comment must have said to themselves in their minds, "Does that mean your kids won't be (as) pretty?" It feels somewhat nice to hear that about your (future) kids, but this is not said (with that same imaginative intention) to all other couples around you. Then, why you? Some are just totally against interracial marriages. Why? Because they are worried about kids born to an interracial couple; that they will be teased at social gatherings. Firstly, this concept of marriages between people of two distinct races, countries, or cultures, is not like a '21st century social innovation'. It has been there since many centuries; children belonging to parents coming from dissimilar races have assimilated so well in many societies, that such stupid concerns are better ignored. How can anyone even say that? Do they act so dumb, or they really are? It is an insult to both in the relationship. Statements like these literally speak volumes about how 'closed' people are to intercultural interaction, forget acceptance. Also, that dating a person of the same race is seemingly easier too. This is the most annoying of all the reactions such couples comes across. It is not like you go about looking for someone holding a sign board in your hand, which says a big 'NO' to individuals from your own race. Amazing! That people consider you to be against your ethnicity just because you happen to love a person from a different ethnicity, is plain stupid. Another most frequented item topping the list on the minds of 'the-not-so-sure-about-this-whole-thing' category. They drop in this little teaser to kind of judge the overall scene with the families, and then form their own opinions about whether this was the right thing to do. Who is interested in knowing their advise anyway! Being in a relationship outside one's race might be a situation difficult to understand for your parents. However, if they don't support you for something that makes you happy in your life, all you can do is try to convince them, and/or follow your heart. Tough job for sure. If you meet someone, like him/her, you start going out together, and it is because you feel so comfortable with each other that you decide to live as a couple. A decision is a decision to 'these two', just like it would have been for 'any other duo'. A different cultural background just happens to be 'one of the many attributes' of an individual. Besides, some are keen to suggest to you that, this is going to be tough (just because you two belong to different countries or races, apparently). As if all who have found their sole mates within their races have lived happily ever after! People who pretend to show concern for you might say this. They are hinting at you being under some kind of influence, or this 'affair' being an infatuation, or a blunder you committed while you were actually searching for something else in life. Those who have experienced the bonding and sharing that surpasses any racial or cultural boundaries, know that it is not a phase, but a relationship that is based on love, more than anything else. Yeah. This one makes you speechless! It is true that, initially it might be hard for someone like a German-speaking individual to communicate with a Japanese-speaking person. But, you get a way to learn together, to interact using some gestures, so much so that you enjoy it. Why not look at it as getting to learn a new language, a new culture, and living life in a way you never knew existed. And Finally That Gaze! It need not always be words of contempt, oddity, or non-approval. A gaze full of wonder, watching you with wide open eyes, is enough too.