Did I commit an ethnic dating faux pais?

;jknjn wrote:

Knower of stuff wrote:

I beg to differ.

Unfortunately, Indian ladies do not often MARRY white men.

I live around quite a bit of Indian ladies & I find them to be the most attractive race. But I have never seen them with a white man.

Have you?

Well I'm white and I dated an Indian girl for a year and a half. So yeah.

I chose the Indian place to demonstrate that I am a man of the world. As far as the meal itself, I did everything right. I asked for chopsticks instead of fork (never got them though), got the spiciest curry on the menu etc etc

Chopsticks for a curry? You are a wrong one.

Go for it.

Indian women have thick bushes.

I wanted to impress her with my skills and figured it would be better if I went with what the natives use

fail wrote:

Chopsticks for a curry? You are a wrong one.

ffrr wrote:

If you thought she was Lebanese why did you think she would be attracted to a guy?

Man that was funny, I laughed for a minute straight.

what is the problem wrote:

Indians don't eat Indian food?

of course they do. but they just call it "food"

So Indian girls do date white guys? Thank you for instilling hope. I'm going hunting. I'm going to have the first white indian relationship in my city.

I once had a Morrocian girlfreind, she was only interested in one thing and that wasnt my body - my passport.

confused runner wrote:

How do I repair this?

Ask her to a nice steak house where you'll order her god, medium rare with a baked potato.

Haha

ffrr wrote:

If you thought she was Lebanese why did you think she would be attracted to a guy?

Lantermanc wrote:

Man that was funny, I laughed for a minute straight.

You are the only one.

This is an opportunity for some good self-deprecating humor. I think the rule about not taking a date of another ethnicity to a place of that ethnicity is used more for jokes and conversation than anything else. A lot of people just love good Indian food. If this relationship is really going anywhere, you should be able to have a quick laugh about it. If not, well, I think humorlessness can negate good looks or whatever else in a real hurry.

I dont get it. Whats there to repair?

Didn't you have a conversation about this? Had you told her you liked Indian food? At that point wouldn't you have expected her to say she was liked it too..or didn't like it or..that she was of Indian heritage etc...seems kinda normal I'd say.

If none of this occurred, then you are home safe and let us all know how dessert went?

Lemonhead used me wrote:

I once had a Morrocian girlfreind, she was only interested in one thing and that wasnt my body - my passport.

did u even consider for a moment entertaining that idea in exchange for, say, a lifetime supply of EPO? give and take my man. she gets to be a US citizen, you both get to scream together for a while, and you become a suddenly blazing white boy.

What made you come to the conclusion that she was Lebanese? Wasn't her name kind of a give away?

Dont you mean fo pah?

I grew up in Montana. How the heck am I supposed to know that srivastana and abdullah do not come from the same area?The dinner itself went well. Although they didn't give me chopsticks or the fortune cookie I ordered, things went well.I will take her to a great local burgerplace this friday

Ghoober wrote:

What made you come to the conclusion that she was Lebanese? Wasn't her name kind of a give away?

BA deanie wrote:

Dont you mean fo pah?

Nice one.

To the OP: It's "faut pas," as in "il ne faut pas..." but you probably don't care because you're a troll. I give you 3/10: serious responses and a fairly believable story at first, but the chopsticks comment was too obvious. Next time don't try so hard to look stupid.