Reply #31: Congratulations and welcome to our board...!

[bliss_eternal]

:hi: Good to see you here--thanks for sharing about your new relationship! Hope it continues to be postive for you. ;)

Things are frequently slow here, but I'm always happy to see newbies posting here (in hopes that we can build this community). There are a few diehards that check in here from time to time (like me).

I know what you mean about getting into a relationship with one that sees you as a person that happens to be Indian. It DOES make a difference. No one likes to be fetishized, particularly not in a relationship. I haven't experienced being fetishized outside of my race, but have experienced it within it. It's not a great feeling, knowing at least part of the reason someone is interested in you is because of the way you look and some sense of what your looks mean to that person (i.e. fantasy, symbol, status symbol, etc.).

I read a really interesting article about this issue but regarding those that specifically want to date Asians. The article was called yellow fever I think. Really interesting and enlightening to see how this issue affects Asians. I'd love to see pieces written from a variety of racial and ethnic perspectives, as I'm sure there are many people that have faced being singled out for their ethnicity.