The 5 common things we think about interracial couples, but do they all matter?

You would think by now we would be in the habit of interracial couples. We may have friends or someone we personally know dating someone of a different religion or culture, who often tend to have a different perception of an interracial relationship. Read on to see what we found out.

We interviewed Moe (27) who herself is a Bangladeshi and her husband a Norwegian, they had a Bengali and Norwegian wedding ceremony.

The 'What do you your parents think?'

"I got married to a Norwegian. People in my family mostly, and my friends always asked me, what do your parents think? Did they not stop you, or teach you about the importance of marrying within your own religion?"

The 'Could you not find anyone within your own religion'

"My family and friends have always asked me why did I get married to a Norwegian? Why did I not seek out advice from my own family before taking such a huge step? To this I always just thought why would I ask my family about who I should fall in love with?"

The 'I was in an interracial relationship once'

"One thing my best friend kept telling me was the fact she too was in an interfaith relationship. Her parents made them break up, because they made her choose between him and her family."

The 'You're so gutsy, how did you even have the courage'

"My husband and I have been married for 3 years now and everything has been perfect. But when we first got engaged people would always tell me; Oh Moe you are brave for entering this marriage, not knowing what the future might hold for you both. The funny thing is my mum never had an issue with us so what people said or thought started to seem irrelevant to me"

The 'How will you raise you raise the kids?'

"When my extended family couldn't scare me out of this interfaith relationship, they started questioning me about the future and asked what will I do with my kids? Who will they follow? How will I answer their questions in the future? The only thing I thought of at that time was that my kids won't need to where we come from; all they would need to know if we are their parents is who loves them."

Understanding from this we can see that we question interracial relationships and marriage based on the future, and how things that might not seem relevant. Only the couple can learn from their own relationships. An interfaith relationship might affect children and their upbringing, as Moe stated that she might not tell her children about the faith differences between herself and her husband.

If children are unaware of faith it results in no guidelines of life and set rules.

Moe expressed "the kids decide which religion and cultural life they want to live when they are mature enough to understand".