I was raised in a military family and always exposed to different races and cultures, but I knew after joining the military my husband would be either Dominican or Puerto Rican.
My husband and I have been married for 6 years and it's had alot of ups and downs dealing with our races. His mother wasn't to fond of me because I'm black, she made it clear to me even after we were married saying "I want him with a dominican, puerto rican or white girl, not black".
All of his dominican guy friends think it's great that he married outside his race and welcome me with open arms but thier wives, no. The black guys will not dare say or look at him funny, but for me I get comments and dirty stares. The black girls who I have met while here in NC have had a problem with me being married outside my race. Needless to say all my girlfriends are interracially married and understand what I go through.
My husband though has been thrilled about how much I soak up everything dealing with his culture. He always jokes and says that I'm really Dominican!
I've learned over the years to ignore people and just laugh at them because life is too short. I know they wish they were me and living life to the fullest. We have a beautiful baby girl and a good marriage and I wouldn't change that for nobody.