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Jeanne Phillips

Girlfriend urges more pushback against disapproving parents

DEAR ABBY: I am in an interracial relationship with a guy whose parents don’t support our being together because I’m from a different race and culture than he is. Our countries of origin were antagonistic in the past. When his parents tell him to break off relations with me, he listens patiently and defends his affection for me. He does not, however, really speak up for me or point out how unfair their prejudice is, given that they’ve never even met me. This is my first interracial relationship. My parents don’t have a problem with it. Is it too much to ...

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