Glee at Off-Beat Marriage interviewed me for their weekly interracial couple spotlight. The interview, titled “Texan-Japanese Intercultural Marriage: Finding Your Best Friend Beyond Race,” is a fun window into the schematics of Ryosuke and I’s “Offbeat” and somewhat unusual relationship. Here is a small snippet of my guest post: Neither of us every intended to “start something.” Growing up all over the globe, I had dated several different races (including my own) – but never an Asian man. Living in Japan, he dated quite a few Japanese girls, but never a foreigner. We met the first day of my sophomore year at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania. He was doing a year-long study abroad program; I was floundering and frustrated with all the closed doors I kept hitting. We started off as “friends” before graduating to “best friends” and then eventually to “lovers.” The first time Ryosuke got down on one knee with a strawberry ring pop outside of my dorm room, asking me to be his girlfriend; neither of us had even considered marriage. But we got along so well. I was his “better half” and he was my best friend. So, without ever really thinking about race, religion, or nationality, we [...]
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