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Sadaf Ahsan March 25, 2019
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Final summer time, I happened to be on a romantic date by having a 20-something man we’ll call Trent. To start with, conversation flowed—we talked careers, meals, travel, buddies, household. After which things simply began to… careen.
I’d been describing just how my moms and dads met and married through an arrangement, a thing that’s typical in South Asian culture. He didn’t quite follow, that is understandable, therefore I attempted to explain: “It’s a social tradition.” “They define love and wedding differently compared to the US method.” “It might not be for you or me personally, however it was for them,” etc.
Every time, a rebuttal was had by him that probably sounded cleverer in their mind. And every right time, it had been laced with condescension. “You do not allow your moms and dads take control of your life like this,” he said, having a laugh that is derisive. Continue reading “Am We Through With Dating White Men?”