Hi All, i am new to this group, and i would like to share with you my experience of being in a mixed relationship. I am based in the UK, about 10 miles outside of London

How it all started was that i met this beautiful Black African girl through some friends of mine in a pub, we started talking and exchanged phone numbers, we spoke constantly for hours on the phone day in and day out for about a week and after that we started dating. We started becoming a couple after a few weeks of dating, so i thought that it would be time to meet my family as i was 100% sure that this was the girl i wanted to marry. I spoke to my family about arranging to meet, i explained to them that she was black and they said that this would not be a problem, so i brought her home. Let me tell you i could cut the atmosphere with a knife, after an hour and a half i took my girlfriend home and apologised for my families attitude. After i got home i had a huge arguement with my family, they basically said "how dare i bring this Black girl home" after that i decided to find my own place to live, my girlfriend said that i could move in with her, i was in heaven. After a month of moving in, we were spending a romantic evening together, i got down on one knee and proposed to my girlfriend, i was blown away when she said yes.

We started saving hard for our wedding in March 1994 and there came a point when i had to tell my family that we were getting married, i sent out some invites to them and i was surprised when they accepted. The day went without a hitch,although my family left early in the evening(maybe it was due to the african music and food, along with the english cuisine we had at our reception). We went on our honeymoon and about 4 months of returning, my wife woke me up one morning saying that she was pregnant, we were shocked and overjoyed. To cut a long story short our daughter was born in January 1995, we have gone on to have 2 more daughters who were born in 2002 and 2013. My family have treated them differently to my sister's children, yet they have become more successful then their pure white cousins. Even after this long my wife still hasn't been fully accepted into the family.

We have decided to distance ourselves from them and to see them about once a year, which suits us fine. It got to a point where i disowned them for about 3 years due to their attitude towards my wife. We recently celebrated our 23rd wedding Anniversary. I would recommend anyone to take a chance in love with someone from a different race, there will be hurdles to overcome, but you will embark on a beautiful journey in life discovering your partners culture.

I love my beautiful wife so much that i can't imagine life without her. I hope that this story has inspired someone, so feel free to reply or send me a private message and i will endeavour to reply.