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When Acceptance and Disappointment Coexist in Your Partner's Family

My boyfriend's Chinese family includes me in everything but I can tell his grandmother wishes he had chosen someone Chinese instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Being welcomed and wished away simultaneously creates a tender kind of belonging that never fully settles.

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“Where Are You with Interracial and Cross-Cultural Partnerships?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.