I disagree with that, I've seen plenty of very happy mixed couples. And with that mentality, why do anything? Why get married at all? Why talk to people? Why ever even leave the reclining chair in your living room?

I have know a vast amount of interracial marriages that were successful ,and on average last longer than marriages of the same race.You are under a misconception and people are not as close minded ,at least in big cities,and are accepted.

Half the marriages dont work, it is not based on skin color. Where are these statistics, that theres dont last?

When you say "Mixed marriages usually don't last", what evidence have you for that? Valid statistics, or just a few you have known? 1/3 of marriages in Europe and half in the US don't last. I know of no evidence that mixed marriages fare any better or worse than unmixed. Do you have any real facts, or just prejudice? It seems to me that that mixed-sex marriages are the real risk. How do you expect people of totally differnt sexes to find anything in common?

Why do they? It's because they let their gonads overrule their heads. A couple may be able to shut out the rest of the world -- and they will have to do that to a large extent in order to live together. But their children get the fallout. I've known more than a few children of mixed-race couples, in three different countries, and in half-a-dozen cultures. They learn to live with it; but there's always the social disapprobation, whether ephemerally subtle or brutally blatant. The parents, who consider only the present moment, their own passion and emotion, inevitably lay the consequence on their offspring. That's selfish. "Our love for one another is wiser than the sum total of human experience from the beginning of time to the present moment. All we need do is ignore the rest of the human species." That's arrogant. My youngest daughter is half Jewish. Most of her maternal relatives accept and love her. Some see her as a half-breed. One of her great-aunts called her a bastard, to her face, because her mother's marriage to a Gentile is "no marriage at all." And this is not racial, it's religious and cultural. The racial distinction is much more insistent.

It this is the criteria, I would point out that the majority of any first-time marriages don't last. So, why bother? Because when two people want to joint their lives, they act on their feelings. Do those feelings change? Obviously. I didn't used to like cooked peas but now I do. Also, I have been divorced and am now remarried. This only proves that I am consistent with 100% of the people on this planet. People change. Surprise!

Where are you getting your stats? There are many many marriages that don't work this day in time and it's not just mixed relationships.....open your eyes to what's going on around you. There are equal # of marriages that are of the same race that don't work.

The divorce rate is what it is regardless of whether the marriages were mixed race or same race. The divorce rate is at an all-time high because of ALL races. I would rather we focus on the problems in marriages as a whole rather than what race the couple is. Who cares?

Thye problems only come into the relationship if we allow them to, If we think the opinions of others matter, or if we deep down expect he relationship to fail. The best way to confront prejudice is to live your life and be damned what anyone else thinks

yES; THEY ARE A VERY tOUGH COURSE TO TAKE! I think many do believe, if not most of them, that Love will Conquer all, but really, some things require, virtually, the Love of Jesus Christ, only, to be able to Conquer all! That is a Huge ask!! So; this Q can be tricky to answer. There are certainly many mixed-race couples who make quite a happy relationship; yet there are a great number that just don't work. Personally, I am Caucasian married to a Tongan girl. I have felt extraordinary difficulty in making this relationship work well. It has been one Huge task! I was previously married to a Maori girl from New Zealand; that just didn't work. Many of the race are very aggressive. Then again, it also seems to depend a great deal on where you were each born and raised. For instance, if you are both of different parental nationality, but come from the same society, it can be almost as if you are both the same blood heritage. The actual practices, spirit and expectations of that society are common to you both. Language is another very great factor. There can be a lot of misunderstandings by the different terms used, and one can inwardly feel inferior to the other if the language of the society is very much, a 2nd language: a lot of confusions and disagreements can arise on 'speaking-to-children' issues, for instance. It is often all the other factors that are brought into play in a lifetime relationship that can mount up as the Huge challenge of differing background and language. You also have to consider age difference. For instance, the jokes and catch phrases and intimates that you can have if from the same country and time can make for a great deal more closeness and general humour and understanding between you than when the cultural background, inclusive of time setting and, therefore, too, schooling system and background and music, are quite different. Then you have to consider the 'family history' of each partner: EG If you both come from broken homes very early in life, neither of you is going to have that male-female-bonding building block tendency in your background. So, unless you just happen to have a natural gift for that type of thing, if you add that consideration to the fact of different upbringings and different languages and cultures and perhaps, even religions, you could end up with nothing but a certain recipe for "Disaster"!!! THEN IT WOULD TAKE NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE FROM HEAVEN TO MAKE THE MARRIAGE BRILLIANT!! AND THERE'S ONLY ONE FELLOW WHO CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT!!

Fact from fiction, truth from diction. Marriages with different religions may have a harder time than just marriages of different cultures or race. Religion is a very personal thing and lends its self to one salvation or soul preservation. Culture is just that. One can adopt the culture of their spouse with out threating their relation with their God. Culture as no sin element in it. If one looks at the other culture as adding flavor to the union and not some force invading what culture they have, then all should be fine. It will also depend on if the 2 are going to work out their differences to the best of the union not catering to outside pressures and people who will not share their house and life. Mixed marriages can and should be like adding spice to food, only makes it better. Too many people in mixed marriages that fail let the outside influence how they manage their affairs. There might be more issues to resolve in mixed marriages but nothing impossible to get by.