Can interracial and intercultural relationships work?

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Gloria MacDonald
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Gloria MacDonald is the founder and President of Perfect Partners, The Personal Relationship Executive Search Firm, a highly successful, personalized matchmaking service. Gloria has interviewed hundreds and hundreds of single men and women and has introduced over 1500 couples. She is an expert in the field of dating and relationships, having appeared on a variety of TV and radio shows. She’s the co-author of the highly acclaimed book Laws of the Jungle: Dating for Women Over 40. She believes, and has seen through her work, that there is a perfect partner for anyone of us who truly desires to find that relationship, believes they can have it, and are willing to accept it. Gloria is an engaging and dynamic speaker and trainer who changes lives. Testimonials from people who have attended Gloria’s seminars: “Gloria uses her exceptional knowledge of real world dating and her unique and exciting style to inspire women to not give up. Truly a wonderful presenter. I would highly recommend anything she does now and in the future.” “This is the information single women and men have been waiting for.” “A truly engaging seminar. You are obviously an expert on the topic. Your knowledge, compassion, sensitivity and forthrightness was spiced with humour to create a clean and practical approach to relationship success.” “Attending your seminar has truly been an inspiration. YOU ARE AN AMAZING TRAINER!”

Can interracial and intercultural relationships work?

Relationship expert Gloria MacDonald explains the challenges of interracial and intercultural relationships.

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Host: Can interracial and intercultural relationships work? Gloria MacDonald: Interracial and intercultural relationships can work. In fact, my theory is that every relationship is actually an intercultural relationship because every family has its own culture. Just think about it, think about how one family celebrates Thanksgiving. One family is going to have squash and mashed potatoes and peas with their turkey and another family is going to have sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes and green beans with their turkey and these are huge things or think about celebrating a holiday like Christmas. Some families are going to open their presents at night. Some families are going to open them in the morning and even if there are no apparent racial or cultural divides every family is an incredibly strong culture so frankly, every single relationship is an intercultural relationship. Having said that, clearly there are some other added things to what is truly an interracial, intercultural relationship and Anthropologists and Psychologists today would say that frankly, there are greater differences between the sexes between male and female than between any two races or culture on earth.So we have got a lot to deal with already in relationships just between the male and female and then between those cultural relationships just from the fact that we come two different families. So, there is a lot going on. Yes, interracial, intercultural can work, but there is lots to think about.

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