When They Expect You to Date Your Own Kind
Ignorant people have a way of putting their prejudices off on others. If they don't like a certain ethnicity, gender, culture, language, etc. they assume that you feel the same way simply because you might look or sound like them. But with so much marketing of all sorts of relationships, whatever you thought was typical, normal, or okay is being suppressed slowly but surely. The typical American couple looks nothing like the magazines of yesteryear. Interracial relationships, divorced partners, same sex partnerships, age-gap dating, open marriages, and more are the new norm. Despite the stares and the comments, people will continue to date who they want, when they want and how they want. Some couples simply don't care what anyone has to say about their choice in a mate. You might fit in one of the above mentioned groups. You may have received some negative comments from people about your selection in a date. For some, you might have been pushed out of certain circles
