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	<title>Comments on: Gay interracial relationships: On being &#8220;sticky rice&#8221; and loving other Asian men</title>
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		<title>By: TomTom</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-127761</link>
		<dc:creator>TomTom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems like every race has its stereotype taped to their foreheads.
Myself. I&#039;m a gay black guy. Already some might start to sum up the following: Hyper-masculine, exclusive top only, dominating and aggressive. All of those stereotypes are the exact opposite of what I am. I&#039;m lithe, a bottom, more submissive and passive. That being said, I&#039;ve just isolated myself out the normal routine. The only luck I probably would have in dating is only if I were that dominating black guy. The stereotypical role. I want to stray far away from being that way. Its true that stereotypes have become almost a fetish.

The only men I can really get is just within my own race. Only then would I at least not be treated as a fetish and instead, a person. I don&#039;t mind dating within my own race but I&#039;d like to know what else is out there, instead of getting cut out of rest of the gay world. Sure I could wait around and hoping to find another black guy who has a similar personality to mine. But that would be limiting.

I wanted to date an Asian guy, but when I go browsing around, I did find those who like to stick to that stereotype. Much like the black men who wanted to just be a top. Now it seems these two races share something in common. They can be labeled as sub and dom. Whats even worse it seems like a majority of men want to date Caucasian. There is hardly any mixing and mingling and bringing up these issues will deem you as &quot;another guy who got rejected from a white guy.&quot;

I&#039;d love to find an Asian top who were into black guys. But I know the possibilities are just completely rare. Or non-existent. If they are out there I&#039;d love to see them pop up. The same would go for a white guy who wants a black guy (not to fulfill that rape fetish) rather than to take on the role of the dominate one.

Sad reality of it all, it seems people enjoy these stereotypes if it benefits them. For those that are opposite of it, well looks like you are going to be searching for your match for a long time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems like every race has its stereotype taped to their foreheads.<br />
Myself. I&#8217;m a gay black guy. Already some might start to sum up the following: Hyper-masculine, exclusive top only, dominating and aggressive. All of those stereotypes are the exact opposite of what I am. I&#8217;m lithe, a bottom, more submissive and passive. That being said, I&#8217;ve just isolated myself out the normal routine. The only luck I probably would have in dating is only if I were that dominating black guy. The stereotypical role. I want to stray far away from being that way. Its true that stereotypes have become almost a fetish.</p>
<p>The only men I can really get is just within my own race. Only then would I at least not be treated as a fetish and instead, a person. I don&#8217;t mind dating within my own race but I&#8217;d like to know what else is out there, instead of getting cut out of rest of the gay world. Sure I could wait around and hoping to find another black guy who has a similar personality to mine. But that would be limiting.</p>
<p>I wanted to date an Asian guy, but when I go browsing around, I did find those who like to stick to that stereotype. Much like the black men who wanted to just be a top. Now it seems these two races share something in common. They can be labeled as sub and dom. Whats even worse it seems like a majority of men want to date Caucasian. There is hardly any mixing and mingling and bringing up these issues will deem you as &#8220;another guy who got rejected from a white guy.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to find an Asian top who were into black guys. But I know the possibilities are just completely rare. Or non-existent. If they are out there I&#8217;d love to see them pop up. The same would go for a white guy who wants a black guy (not to fulfill that rape fetish) rather than to take on the role of the dominate one.</p>
<p>Sad reality of it all, it seems people enjoy these stereotypes if it benefits them. For those that are opposite of it, well looks like you are going to be searching for your match for a long time.</p>
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		<title>By: r_hung</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-126912</link>
		<dc:creator>r_hung</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Efren, I read your post and thought that it was somewhat true back in the 90s when I was growing up as a teen.  Coming out at age 16 when I first had access to the &quot;internet,&quot; it was an awkward experience when all old gay white males were attracted to me.  I don&#039;t want to brag, obviously, but I guess I was seen as a sexual object, really.  The young gay femme bottom.  The thought of the common asian body or man was not very appealing to me while growing up because they were not as sexually appealing as the common white male.  Media has a way really to negatively depict the common Asian man as skinny and scrawny little beings with small penises.  Ever since I moved to Canada back in &#039;99, I have truly become attracted to Asians, whether they are westernized or fobs.  All through those 10 years, I cannot see myself with another white male, mainly because of the cultural barriers and &quot;competition.&quot;  I wouldn&#039;t have to compete because I don&#039;t want to compete with these twinky Asians.  I couldn&#039;t care less if you wanted to compete; however, competing with me for my 4 year relationship with a Filipino is a cat fight that is bound to happen, whether the bf-stealer likes it or not.  Being with him opens up my eyes because having an Asian bf really does make a huge statement for the common AM-WM relationships, which are in the norm today.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The first pet peeve when an Asian man goes for a Caucasian man is mainly because the AM will only settle for the next one coming his way.  That was my flaw.  I never had confidence in my own attractiveness.  I never loved my body, never loved my sexuality, never loved my skin colour, never loved my average Asian penis.  Now, I love myself because you would only find love IF AND ONLY IF you love yourself.  Therefore, these Asian men need to start loving themselves and think of themselves other than sexual objects to the common gay male.  The second and last pet peeve is the fact that many Asian males are competing for the Caucasian males.  Competition leads to malice and objection as desperate bitter bitches.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Finally, I hope my comments do not offend anyone.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Enjoy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Efren, I read your post and thought that it was somewhat true back in the 90s when I was growing up as a teen.  Coming out at age 16 when I first had access to the &#8220;internet,&#8221; it was an awkward experience when all old gay white males were attracted to me.  I don&#39;t want to brag, obviously, but I guess I was seen as a sexual object, really.  The young gay femme bottom.  The thought of the common asian body or man was not very appealing to me while growing up because they were not as sexually appealing as the common white male.  Media has a way really to negatively depict the common Asian man as skinny and scrawny little beings with small penises.  Ever since I moved to Canada back in &#39;99, I have truly become attracted to Asians, whether they are westernized or fobs.  All through those 10 years, I cannot see myself with another white male, mainly because of the cultural barriers and &#8220;competition.&#8221;  I wouldn&#39;t have to compete because I don&#39;t want to compete with these twinky Asians.  I couldn&#39;t care less if you wanted to compete; however, competing with me for my 4 year relationship with a Filipino is a cat fight that is bound to happen, whether the bf-stealer likes it or not.  Being with him opens up my eyes because having an Asian bf really does make a huge statement for the common AM-WM relationships, which are in the norm today.</p>
<p>The first pet peeve when an Asian man goes for a Caucasian man is mainly because the AM will only settle for the next one coming his way.  That was my flaw.  I never had confidence in my own attractiveness.  I never loved my body, never loved my sexuality, never loved my skin colour, never loved my average Asian penis.  Now, I love myself because you would only find love IF AND ONLY IF you love yourself.  Therefore, these Asian men need to start loving themselves and think of themselves other than sexual objects to the common gay male.  The second and last pet peeve is the fact that many Asian males are competing for the Caucasian males.  Competition leads to malice and objection as desperate bitter bitches.</p>
<p>Finally, I hope my comments do not offend anyone.</p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
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		<title>By: 8Asians.com &#187; What is Beautiful?</title>
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		<dc:creator>8Asians.com &#187; What is Beautiful?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] reaction to queer people of color wanting to be white to be more accepted by queer white people like I discussed previously, it was actually very popular among Asian men who identified as preferring other Asian men. Despite [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Leon</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-122837</link>
		<dc:creator>Leon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 05:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey everyone, I am 24 and when i was in high school I had a crush on my friend from Laos. It was never reciprocated and I have never found asian gay guys easy to come by where I live. I now have a wonderful boyfriend from China who is very insecure about being gay. I try to accommodate him knowing the cultural taboo about being gay, so I just bite my tongue and be patient. I think asian guys are beautiful and I treat my BF like a prince. I dont think I would ever date another white guy, just from bad experiences. I would only date asian or latino. But ultimately beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in the other person&#039;s heart. Thanks for this cool blog and sharing ur experiences!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey everyone, I am 24 and when i was in high school I had a crush on my friend from Laos. It was never reciprocated and I have never found asian gay guys easy to come by where I live. I now have a wonderful boyfriend from China who is very insecure about being gay. I try to accommodate him knowing the cultural taboo about being gay, so I just bite my tongue and be patient. I think asian guys are beautiful and I treat my BF like a prince. I dont think I would ever date another white guy, just from bad experiences. I would only date asian or latino. But ultimately beauty is in the eye of the beholder and in the other person&#8217;s heart. Thanks for this cool blog and sharing ur experiences!</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-120010</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really enjoyed this article.  Enough that I want to finally make a comment.  I am an African-American male who really never dated anyone until I moved to Hawaii.  When I first moved there, I didn&#039;t want to date Asian guys because I didn&#039;t want to be &quot;second choice.&quot; I ran into the I&#039;ll only date Caucasian guys or &quot;everything but black.&quot;  So I had sort of a hostility toward those that didn&#039;t pick me because I thought I well-qualified candidate and was getting rejected just for skin color.  I&#039;m not the typical black guy that the media wants you to believe we all are.  But to get to the point.. it took me a while and took a Filipino to change my mind.  He cared about me regardless of my skin color and his family took me in when I was away from my family.  

Trying not to date Asians in Hawaii was like trying not to wear shoes through a ghetto.  Not going to happen, lol.   But to say the least. My most successful relationships have been with Asian men.  Not saying I&#039;m a rice person or whatever they call people that always end up with Asians, but somehow the only people that talked to me and talk to me seriously have been Asian.  Maybe because I&#039;m light-skinned, so that makes me the safe black guy to try out. Maybe because I don&#039;t use the n-word, I do a bunch of testosterone-driven activities, or because I like learning about other people to find our similarities.  Who knew black guys and Vietnamese have so much in common.  I even like fish sauce now.  

I try my hardest to give everyone a fair chance just like I think I deserve.  But anyhow, my longest relationships have been with Asian males.  All from Hawaii except one.  On the mainland, the mind frames are a lot different.  You&#039;re likely to see a 40 year old white guy with an 18 year old asian.  Just because its more acceptable by his family.  I see a lot of Asian-Asian relationships, but more commonly you&#039;ll see Asian-White here as its just about the only thing you&#039;ll find on the internet and on tv.  Like the other commenter said, in Hawaii it was looked down upon if you dated a white guy and even dating a black guy was sorta weird.. but I blended well for some reason.  Probably cause I looked Filipino until I said something.  

As I said before, I like the article.  But I don&#039;t think its too much of a taboo to date your own race.  Just don&#039;t fall into the trap of thinking you&#039;re inferior to another to the point where you judge people solely on their race.  Make up your mind about the person using their personality, not their race.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really enjoyed this article.  Enough that I want to finally make a comment.  I am an African-American male who really never dated anyone until I moved to Hawaii.  When I first moved there, I didn&#8217;t want to date Asian guys because I didn&#8217;t want to be &#8220;second choice.&#8221; I ran into the I&#8217;ll only date Caucasian guys or &#8220;everything but black.&#8221;  So I had sort of a hostility toward those that didn&#8217;t pick me because I thought I well-qualified candidate and was getting rejected just for skin color.  I&#8217;m not the typical black guy that the media wants you to believe we all are.  But to get to the point.. it took me a while and took a Filipino to change my mind.  He cared about me regardless of my skin color and his family took me in when I was away from my family.  </p>
<p>Trying not to date Asians in Hawaii was like trying not to wear shoes through a ghetto.  Not going to happen, lol.   But to say the least. My most successful relationships have been with Asian men.  Not saying I&#8217;m a rice person or whatever they call people that always end up with Asians, but somehow the only people that talked to me and talk to me seriously have been Asian.  Maybe because I&#8217;m light-skinned, so that makes me the safe black guy to try out. Maybe because I don&#8217;t use the n-word, I do a bunch of testosterone-driven activities, or because I like learning about other people to find our similarities.  Who knew black guys and Vietnamese have so much in common.  I even like fish sauce now.  </p>
<p>I try my hardest to give everyone a fair chance just like I think I deserve.  But anyhow, my longest relationships have been with Asian males.  All from Hawaii except one.  On the mainland, the mind frames are a lot different.  You&#8217;re likely to see a 40 year old white guy with an 18 year old asian.  Just because its more acceptable by his family.  I see a lot of Asian-Asian relationships, but more commonly you&#8217;ll see Asian-White here as its just about the only thing you&#8217;ll find on the internet and on tv.  Like the other commenter said, in Hawaii it was looked down upon if you dated a white guy and even dating a black guy was sorta weird.. but I blended well for some reason.  Probably cause I looked Filipino until I said something.  </p>
<p>As I said before, I like the article.  But I don&#8217;t think its too much of a taboo to date your own race.  Just don&#8217;t fall into the trap of thinking you&#8217;re inferior to another to the point where you judge people solely on their race.  Make up your mind about the person using their personality, not their race.</p>
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		<title>By: Gerald</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-116451</link>
		<dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just love yourself... You can&#039;t change your ethnicity! (Enough complaining about Asians not being desirable!!) You can&#039;t change who you&#039;re attracted to. Accept the challenge of finding what you would like to find. But do not ever compromise yourself or settle for something less than what you deserve. This may take a lifetime but hey, it&#039;s better to be alone than being in a bad relationship.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just love yourself&#8230; You can&#8217;t change your ethnicity! (Enough complaining about Asians not being desirable!!) You can&#8217;t change who you&#8217;re attracted to. Accept the challenge of finding what you would like to find. But do not ever compromise yourself or settle for something less than what you deserve. This may take a lifetime but hey, it&#8217;s better to be alone than being in a bad relationship.</p>
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		<title>By: garfield</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-114416</link>
		<dc:creator>garfield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why do I like the caucasian and not feel anything for my fellow Asians? Its really hard here in Australia as whites go for whites and Asians go for whites but it&#039;ll be hard as. Hard because there&#039;s practically nothing for us. Most of the white men profiles will smack you with &#039;no Asians please&#039; straight in your face. It felt bad but you still like to date them. Its a crazy crazy life out here. My fellow Asians on the other hand feels the same, and we are not attracted to each other. There&#039;s a White-Asian couple here but the age gap is so wide, white mature aged and Asian young age. The only real chance is that scenario. I just wish Asians be equally desirable as the white Aussie men. Seems Australia is not multicultural after all. Maybe multicultural in the sense of Caucasian European countries mixed up here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do I like the caucasian and not feel anything for my fellow Asians? Its really hard here in Australia as whites go for whites and Asians go for whites but it&#8217;ll be hard as. Hard because there&#8217;s practically nothing for us. Most of the white men profiles will smack you with &#8216;no Asians please&#8217; straight in your face. It felt bad but you still like to date them. Its a crazy crazy life out here. My fellow Asians on the other hand feels the same, and we are not attracted to each other. There&#8217;s a White-Asian couple here but the age gap is so wide, white mature aged and Asian young age. The only real chance is that scenario. I just wish Asians be equally desirable as the white Aussie men. Seems Australia is not multicultural after all. Maybe multicultural in the sense of Caucasian European countries mixed up here.</p>
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		<title>By: angel</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-113328</link>
		<dc:creator>angel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Everyone! Where to start? This is an incredibly tricky subject and despite trying to stay objective , I have to say that my experiences and emotions may &#039;colour&#039; some of my comments. I think that racism per se is borne of many &#039;negative&#039; factors;  be they lack of knowledge, fear, misunderstanding or down right nastiness. Similarly, the attraction to things are formed from &#039;positive&#039; factors such as good understanding, pleasant experiences, eagerness to try new things etc. Building relationships start from such quite basic drivers/keys. It would be a brave man/woman who did not admit that there are &#039;keys&#039; which start us on the road towards being attracted to or repulsed by someone; these &#039;keys&#039; being the positive/negative factors. So, being attracted to white, black, brown, yellow (please don&#039;t read anything into the colour order) should really be a matter of self choice and individual &#039;keys&#039;. Certainly well experienced individuals should normally have the facility to accept a wider range than someone with more limited exposure. The converse off course is that a well experienced person &#039;knows&#039; what he wants and only tracks this whilst a relative newbie should be looking to try all. Told you it was tricky? AND ON TOP OF ALL THIS runs our peer/social pressures and historic &#039;dna&#039; from colonisations/occupation/war blah blah blah. People are human, and suffer many many short comings and luckily divine moments. Often ethnic stereotyping intrudes and one can become self conditioned or even mass conditioning occurs; type of mass hysteria. Disappointment and blame is another favourite human game too. I like X but X prefers Y so X must be............ I think exposure is a main key and it brings very powerfully to the fore strong qualities of love, support and integrity; no matter the colour or race or geographic type or or or. Its a looooooooong slooooooow frustrating process and civilizations and understanding move at tectonic speeds. I am a mixed Asian. Been described as a &#039;mongrel&#039; and generally fall into a &#039;no man&#039;s&#039; land (excuse the pun). I am no &#039;gay conventional&#039; stunning beauty such as your picture but I believe I pass the attractive acceptability radar for most cultures. However, I have been brought up in London and most of my life has been experienced with Caucasian and Black influences but very little Asian experience. I would like to have a relationship with Asians but as many of the other posts have indicated there appears to be a strong attraction for asians to Caucasians; and I am usually left in the shop window, sadly for me. I am sure that at some point I will find someone and until that time I try my best to be as open and non judgmental as possible and try to put into perspective experiences of &#039;white guys having asian pets&#039;, &#039;asians putting white guys on pedestals&#039;, &#039;asians blanking black men&#039;, &#039;black men chasing everything&#039;, &#039;asian boys using white men for money/security/passport&#039;, &#039;older white men chasing submissive asians&#039;...THE TYPES GO ON AND ON AND ON. I am sure that if I wait long enough a type suitable for me will come along. The thing I try and remember and remind myself is that to force anything usually ends in frustration and skewed perception. As long as no one is forcing me to do anything, hopefully I remain my own master and my fate is in part in my hands. So, to cut to the conclusion; there are lots of people out there, good, bad, indifferent and sometimes wierd :-). Be confident in yourself and try your best in the nicest possible way. If things don&#039;t go as you would like then keep trying and don&#039;t blame unnecessarily. Your Prince will come along. In the mean time, this mongrel is still on display; maybe I should move to Hawaii? :-) :-) Take care Everyone.  Angel</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Everyone! Where to start? This is an incredibly tricky subject and despite trying to stay objective , I have to say that my experiences and emotions may &#8216;colour&#8217; some of my comments. I think that racism per se is borne of many &#8216;negative&#8217; factors;  be they lack of knowledge, fear, misunderstanding or down right nastiness. Similarly, the attraction to things are formed from &#8216;positive&#8217; factors such as good understanding, pleasant experiences, eagerness to try new things etc. Building relationships start from such quite basic drivers/keys. It would be a brave man/woman who did not admit that there are &#8216;keys&#8217; which start us on the road towards being attracted to or repulsed by someone; these &#8216;keys&#8217; being the positive/negative factors. So, being attracted to white, black, brown, yellow (please don&#8217;t read anything into the colour order) should really be a matter of self choice and individual &#8216;keys&#8217;. Certainly well experienced individuals should normally have the facility to accept a wider range than someone with more limited exposure. The converse off course is that a well experienced person &#8216;knows&#8217; what he wants and only tracks this whilst a relative newbie should be looking to try all. Told you it was tricky? AND ON TOP OF ALL THIS runs our peer/social pressures and historic &#8216;dna&#8217; from colonisations/occupation/war blah blah blah. People are human, and suffer many many short comings and luckily divine moments. Often ethnic stereotyping intrudes and one can become self conditioned or even mass conditioning occurs; type of mass hysteria. Disappointment and blame is another favourite human game too. I like X but X prefers Y so X must be&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; I think exposure is a main key and it brings very powerfully to the fore strong qualities of love, support and integrity; no matter the colour or race or geographic type or or or. Its a looooooooong slooooooow frustrating process and civilizations and understanding move at tectonic speeds. I am a mixed Asian. Been described as a &#8216;mongrel&#8217; and generally fall into a &#8216;no man&#8217;s&#8217; land (excuse the pun). I am no &#8216;gay conventional&#8217; stunning beauty such as your picture but I believe I pass the attractive acceptability radar for most cultures. However, I have been brought up in London and most of my life has been experienced with Caucasian and Black influences but very little Asian experience. I would like to have a relationship with Asians but as many of the other posts have indicated there appears to be a strong attraction for asians to Caucasians; and I am usually left in the shop window, sadly for me. I am sure that at some point I will find someone and until that time I try my best to be as open and non judgmental as possible and try to put into perspective experiences of &#8216;white guys having asian pets&#8217;, &#8216;asians putting white guys on pedestals&#8217;, &#8216;asians blanking black men&#8217;, &#8216;black men chasing everything&#8217;, &#8216;asian boys using white men for money/security/passport&#8217;, &#8216;older white men chasing submissive asians&#8217;&#8230;THE TYPES GO ON AND ON AND ON. I am sure that if I wait long enough a type suitable for me will come along. The thing I try and remember and remind myself is that to force anything usually ends in frustration and skewed perception. As long as no one is forcing me to do anything, hopefully I remain my own master and my fate is in part in my hands. So, to cut to the conclusion; there are lots of people out there, good, bad, indifferent and sometimes wierd <img src='http://www.8asians.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> . Be confident in yourself and try your best in the nicest possible way. If things don&#8217;t go as you would like then keep trying and don&#8217;t blame unnecessarily. Your Prince will come along. In the mean time, this mongrel is still on display; maybe I should move to Hawaii? <img src='http://www.8asians.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://www.8asians.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Take care Everyone.  Angel</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-109837</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hay Andrew   thanks for takeing the time to write me back.  I found some  of the comments surprising because  someone mentioned how they at some point thought so little of themselves or a self lowething I would guess thats what surprised me alittle. 
As you mentioned it could be a bit of the rejection thing maybe. I guess its a number of things that are hard for me to put into words.  I can tell you this my attraction to Asian men really started when I left south east asia, after being there for a year and a half.  I will tell you this also  I really hate it when I see blacks and whites  try to take advantage of asians can&#039;t even really tell you why this even bothers me so much, but It dose believe it or not.  
It  would be cool to site and talk about this.

Thanks again getting back to me     jeff</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hay Andrew   thanks for takeing the time to write me back.  I found some  of the comments surprising because  someone mentioned how they at some point thought so little of themselves or a self lowething I would guess thats what surprised me alittle.<br />
As you mentioned it could be a bit of the rejection thing maybe. I guess its a number of things that are hard for me to put into words.  I can tell you this my attraction to Asian men really started when I left south east asia, after being there for a year and a half.  I will tell you this also  I really hate it when I see blacks and whites  try to take advantage of asians can&#8217;t even really tell you why this even bothers me so much, but It dose believe it or not.<br />
It  would be cool to site and talk about this.</p>
<p>Thanks again getting back to me     jeff</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
		<link>http://www.8asians.com/2008/06/17/sticky-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-109800</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi~You said you were attracted to but intimidated at the same time by Asian men. Do you think this could be fear of potential rejection? Ex: if you like an Asian boy and he doesn&#039;t like you back? As for being attracted, maybe there was a particular experience in your life that drew you to Asian men? Hope that helps~btw, what was so surprising about the comments made?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi~You said you were attracted to but intimidated at the same time by Asian men. Do you think this could be fear of potential rejection? Ex: if you like an Asian boy and he doesn&#8217;t like you back? As for being attracted, maybe there was a particular experience in your life that drew you to Asian men? Hope that helps~btw, what was so surprising about the comments made?</p>
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