tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post6291928435713490016..comments2023-09-05T16:22:15.151+02:00Comments on Martinis For Two: Ice creamDiane Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00059365308496711788noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-46696293271987864152008-10-12T19:24:00.000+02:002008-10-12T19:24:00.000+02:00This was such a great post - I've been thinking ab...This was such a great post - I've been thinking about it for a few days. It really bothers me how people first look at race, ethnicity, color before they look at a person. I see it all the time - especially here where everyone stares at the "white" girl. <BR/><BR/>You and Max are a gorgeous couple - regardless of your racial differences - which by the way, I didn't notice. My first thought when I saw the first photo of you guys was, "what a cute dog!"Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493268452074516009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-69947410744219089222008-10-11T04:08:00.000+02:002008-10-11T04:08:00.000+02:00Great post and lovely pic Diane!Great post and lovely pic Diane!TamWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983486050778833368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-76292611661077430612008-10-10T16:54:00.000+02:002008-10-10T16:54:00.000+02:00Excellent post! I think some geographical areas ar...Excellent post! I think some geographical areas are more accepting than others. I have never understood the desire some people have to constantly point out racial or cultural differences in a negative fashion. <BR/><BR/>Fundamentally, all of humanity, lives, loves, and suffers loss. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you and Max have found each other, and hope you share many great years as a couple.jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326141253899975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-86654428459336904212008-10-10T09:26:00.000+02:002008-10-10T09:26:00.000+02:00I think you guys make a super cute couple and not ...I think you guys make a super cute couple and not because you look differnt simply because you're a cute couple.<BR/> I come from a very 'white' town and when I moved to Philly at 18 it was a bit weird to sometimes be the minority among the melting pot of cultures. <BR/> After awhile I found myself going, 'Oh you're black!' 'You're from Pakistan!' in my head like it was a shock- I had never noticed it really among my friends in college. They were just Dara and Sarah and people I thought were cool :) No labels just people.<BR/>Now having an interracial family via my little Taiwainese daughter - I do find that I get looks (especially here where Americans adopting Chinese girls isn't common) As I ate lunch with my husband at his office (full of TONS of people from all over the world) with my dd sitting next to us, a co-worker came up and asked, where's her mom from?<BR/>With me right there (was I supposed to be the nanny? which I have gotten several times actually). That was an interesting moment. When I look at my daughter I just see Chickadee, not her beautiful Han Chinese eyes or her olive skin, just Chick.<BR/><BR/>I wish everyone could see it the way you do!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342109839956458589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-29281881761274045142008-10-10T00:49:00.000+02:002008-10-10T00:49:00.000+02:00Beautiful story! I was lucky to have been born in ...Beautiful story! I was lucky to have been born in raised in a mixed race/cultural area (big city in Florida). It was normal. True, bias and prejudice happened, but no more than any other form of human orneriness. It wasn't until I was an adult and traveled that I met people who thought segregation was 'normal'... not negative segregation, simply, no mixing. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad that my kids are growing up in an international community.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667481504650498976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-11245394058128482772008-10-09T22:14:00.000+02:002008-10-09T22:14:00.000+02:00I agree! Excellent analogy ;-) A great post, Dia...I agree! Excellent analogy ;-) A great post, Diane!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246470297042186087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-72519696385178192662008-10-09T19:58:00.000+02:002008-10-09T19:58:00.000+02:00Interesting what your dad said, about its being ha...Interesting what your dad said, about its being harder to be an interracial couple.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if that's even true. And i can't wait until a time when no one even notices.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-501352948488257062008-10-09T19:53:00.000+02:002008-10-09T19:53:00.000+02:00Diane, I think it's wonderful that you and Max hav...Diane, I think it's wonderful that you and Max have felt this way and had no negative experiences. But one of my closest friends in NY is a white woman married to an Iranian man and she has felt much discrimination. So much so that they use her last name in general, rather than his. To be fair, the discrimination was in the Midwest, where they moved from,but it's real. And it certainly isn't personal, because like you and Max, they are warm and wonderful and very friendly.<BR/>But perhaps that discrimination is rather against a Midde Eastern man than against an inter-racial couple?G in Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168975470282994167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-18480473206402198402008-10-09T19:31:00.000+02:002008-10-09T19:31:00.000+02:00If only everyone saw it this way! My father was bo...If only everyone saw it this way! My father was born and raised in Germany and as a child I never ever recall any conversations about where people were from or their skin color, but once we moved down south I relaized not everyone holds those same values. <BR/>Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-7444336287470497552008-10-09T18:34:00.000+02:002008-10-09T18:34:00.000+02:00I totally agree... Although Bjørn & I look al...I totally agree... Although Bjørn & I look almost like brother & sister, we still come from different cultures...some times it has caused minor problems but I wouldn't change it for the world...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669318430348189265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-15803888753960583932008-10-09T17:59:00.000+02:002008-10-09T17:59:00.000+02:00Diane, you could not be more right. A person is a ...Diane, you could not be more right. A person is a person irrespective of colour, creed etc. Deep thoughts, great words!swenglishexpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102783327902959539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-49771957456836599532008-10-09T17:48:00.000+02:002008-10-09T17:48:00.000+02:00Great posting! As I read it, it said ice cream but...Great posting! <BR/><BR/>As I read it, it said ice cream but then there's a pic of you two drinking and I thought, huh? <BR/><BR/>Excellent analogy - and miss you guys!Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10844620020126346666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12508552.post-24205337744067260532008-10-09T17:40:00.000+02:002008-10-09T17:40:00.000+02:00Aw. Love this post!Aw. Love this post!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897414542540122640noreply@blogger.com