Statements We Get As An Interracial Couple

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✨People assume that your in-laws had issues with your marriage

𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧/𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 💁🏽‍♀️

✨When you’re pregnant, people tell you that mixed babies are the cutest

𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧! 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠!! 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 “𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬” 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞.

✨When you are out with your children, strangers ask you if your husband is light skinned or white

𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐭! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 🙄😤 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞 (𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭) 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 🚶🏽‍♀️😂

✨People constantly ask your kids what they are mixed with.

𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 90 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 🤭

✨When people ask where your child’s curls come from, even though you have a head full of curly hair and your husband’s is straight.

𝐌𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞/𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 😐

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