I live in the big state of Alaska in the northern part. I joined this site after watching it for a bit and I liked the feel of it. I am 6' 2'' and 196 pounds. The 'boy' in my screen name is part of my last name and I am definitely all man. I looked at the way it looked today and realized that using the first three letters in my last name may not have been the smartest idea.
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I grew up in a small town... I was in one of those predominantly white small towns growing up. My parents were of the few Black Professionals in the Area (When I say few I mean the only ones at the time as others would come years later). The idea of the town was Black=uneducated, troublesome, and ugly and white was the opposite. So, growing up in that environment made me some what of an anomally. Unfortunately, the dating dept didn't quite work out for a few reasons... 1. I am Black so, regardless of my grades, work (I worked in a bakery and wrote part time for the newspaper as a teenager), I was pretty much an abomination 2. My father was rather strict so, I didn't really party. Instead of going to college first, I joined the army. That's when things became fun. I went to Korea, and I dated, dance, partied, even modeled part time. Long story short I dated various cultures, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Moari, and so on. I fell in love once, but that ended badly (Very Long Story). Towards the end of my time in service and after my second tour in Iraq I met someone. She turned out to be a bit psycho and looking back I realized that she was racist towards white women (Although she hadn't had any negative experience to make her think this way). And it occurred to me that maybe I should start opening up to dating other races and cultures again. I haven't dated many white women (I also hadn't been in many countries with white women), and I noticed the forum when I was venturing through google. So, I joined thinking it was like a dating site and then realizing it was a place to discuss views. And now I am here. Learning about the various views of other Black Men and White Women.
I was a google-er. I googled IR relationships and I found this site. My fiance and I have known each other since we were little and were friends all through school. We never really lost touch, but we just stopped having our normal conversations after we both graduated college. I went one way, got married (to a WM) and 2.5 years later got divorced. My fiance found out, and called me. He said he was sorry and if I needed to talk he was there. I was hesitant to start talking to him again because I had liked him in a romantic sense and I didn't want him to be a rebound. After about 2 years of being single, I decided that I wanted to date him. He told me that he had been getting ready to come get me and he had been waiting 10 years for me to come to my senses. That was 4.5 years ago, we've been engaged for 8 months and we will be getting married in 5. I just wanted to be amongst people that understand what we are going through as an IR couple. Yeah, your friends can give you advice on the basics of relationships, but only IR couples understand the little intricacies that come with being considered an IR couple.
