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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My boyfriend and I are from very different backgrounds. He is white and grew up poor in the inner city. he did not go to college and works a trade job that pays him decent money. I am black and grew up very well off in the suburbs. I highly educated and have a white collar career.

We have fun together and are both very well read and intelligent. I’m getting nervous as we get more serious that our differences may lead to problems down the line. I recently met his friends and they were honestly not the kind of people I would ever hang out with. He wants me to meet his family soon, and has mentioned that there are multiple alcoholics and drug addicts.

When it’s just the two of us we get along wonderfully. Do you think this can work?[/quote]

I'm not going to say that background isn't important.

However, consider that everyone comes from somewhere. Some people with each of your backgrounds run like hell from those things because they want a different life than they came from for whatever reason. Sometimes, what your life is like now matters more than what you came from. You mention that you met his friends and don't want to hang out with them. Are these his adult friends, now, or his childhood friends, from then?

Truthfully, it is more likely that your family will see him as an unsuitable partner for you than that his family will be the problem here.[/quote]

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