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wftright
at Sat Apr 1 13:32:22 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wftright ]
And if you must know, I am half Chinese, Half Black with a smidge of Native American and other stuff...
I was involved over the internet with a lady whose parents were from Cuba and Jamaica. (I've forgotten which parent was from which.) She said that her ancestry was African, Spanish, and Caribe Indian. When we first met, we exchanged instant messages for two or three weeks before she mentioned her racial background. She hinted very strongly, but she didn't come out and say anything because she wasn't sure what I'd feel about an interracial relationship. I'd never before and have never since met a woman with whom I could have such good conversations, and racial background was irrelevant. Distance and situation doomed our relationship, but she was a neat lady. My life was too crazy at that point to think about owning a pet, so we never discussed snakes that I can remember. She was so cool about so many things that I can't imagine her having that big a problem with them.
She hung out with some friends who likewise had interesting ancestral mixes, and we had some interesting conversations on the topic. She hit me with the "What if you saw me and some other hot 'mixed' friends at a club? Would you approach any of us?" The reality is that I'm too shy in those settings to approach anyone regardless of how vanilla she may appear, but she made me realize that I tend to think that an exotic-looking woman would have no interest in me. Her counter was, "Well, I'm interested, so why wouldn't someone else be?" She really helped me not to write off myself or anyone else too quickly. Of course, even she admitted that when we first met, she found me very strange.
Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.
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RE: Alot of the guys out there... - wftright, Sat Apr 1 13:32:22 2006