I am a 26 year old white female married to a 34 year old black male. We have been married for 5 years and together 8 years all together. The situations my husband and I come across come from individuals we don't even know. The looks, the remarks, the wispers and snickers are unfortunately from black women and white men. The attitudes we receive from others does not affect us or our relationship because these people do not know anything about us or our relationship. When the attitudes we receive come from friends and family it hits a little harder but our love and respect for each other and our friends and family helps us to keep trying to educate them. The only real family problems we have had has been from his side of the family, but I now realize that the way they feel comes from hurt and anger. They do respect me to the fullest because of the love they have for my husband and our children and one day they will learn to love me for me too. In the area we live in everyone has treated us as any other couple in the neighborhood. They respect both of us and love our children, most of them have said color never entered their minds, others have said that they can look past the color and see who we are inside.