What are they like as friends or love partners?

    • village604@adultswim.fan
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      18 days ago

      It’s really not racist to acknowledge that cultural differences exist, and ask how those differences impact the dynamics of a relationship.

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
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        18 days ago

        This is not what OP asked though. They didn’t title this post “what is it like to live with a woman of [insert culture] background?”. They asked about dark skin. It could be someone from any culture.

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          18 days ago

          Yeah, OP phrased their question poorly, but them trying to learn more isn’t racist. Racism requires disparaging the other race.

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            18 days ago

            I support you supporting curiosity. If OP is asking in good faith, they deserve not to get torn apart.

            That said, “racism” doesn’t only describe explicit disparagement of one race by another. Racism can also be a feature of language, systems, communities, etc.

  • gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    Well, it’s OK. We’re just friends and have been living together for the past, I wanna say 7 years? Thereabouts.

    She’s really needy sometimes, like she literally will not get off me, but at the same time she has this weird aversion to touch, like I can’t even glance her way and she thinks I’m insulting her or something.

    And for eating?! Dude, she doesn’t cook, EVER! I cook for both of us! Well, for years now I don’t even cook, I just buy some cans of stuff for her and she eats it, doesn’t even bat an eye either. Her food habits are kinda nasty, though… I guess it’s different cultures? She doesn’t use cutlery at all, she doesn’t even use her hands, just straight mouth!

    Also, I don’t mean to be uncouth, but she’s very hairy. Inhumanly hairy, I’d say; it’s weird, and annoying.

    Anyway, her name’s Mimi, my cat.

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    18 days ago

    It’s remarkably similar to living with white-skinned people with the only notable difference being their skin color which is darker.