Dating can be a minefield of expectations, both from yourself and from your culture.

This week we're exploring what it means to date outside the race, and why we would want to (hint, hint: societal pressures growing up telling us what was attractive played a huge part). While our parents had expectations of who we should be courting, the reality of not living in our motherland is that those expectations tended to fall really short. We dive into this and other ideals our parents had about who we should date based on their cultural upbringing. And we certainly brought our own glamorized images of our potential partners to the table, omitting many of the challenges that come with dating someone who comes from a different background. We look into these internal goalposts and how they influenced our desire to (or not to) date outside of the race. 

Lastly, listen to the end to hear about the most difficult cultural concepts we've had to explain to our partners in the closing Fortune Cookie. 

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