How should I expect our friends to accept our relationship?

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Gloria MacDonald
Perfect Partners
www.lawsofthejungledating.com  
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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!”

How should I expect our friends to accept our relationship?

Relationship expert Gloria MacDonald discusses what considerations should be made before committing to an interracial or intercultural relationship.

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Host: How should I expect our friends to accept our relationship?

Gloria MacDonald: Again, I don't think you should live your life for other people, but obviously, you have chosen your friends. You don't get a chance to choose your family, but you have chosen your friends and hopefully, you have chosen your friends because you like them and you share things with them and they are important to you. So, hopefully again, you don't want to desert your friends, give up your friends for your partner, but your ideal situation is that your partner is able to join your group of friends, be part of your group of friends and also, you want your friends to accept your partner and you want your partner to accept your friends. So don't underestimate again, the challenges here if there are different cultures, different races and again particularly, if there is a different language involved. Ideally, you want everyone to be as comfortable as possible. You want everyone to be as accepting as one another and the more you have in common, the easier it is. The more differences there are between you and your partner, the more differences there will be between your partner and your friends and the more challenges you will have.

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