So... is your boyfriend same... race as you?
My co-worker, when hearing me talk about my boyfriend, turned and asked:
"Is your boyfriend… a New Zealander?"
I didn’t know how to respond.
What did he mean?
Aside from sending me a message that I: a girl who grew up in this country since age of 7 and also represented this country in another nation, was NOT a New Zealander,
Did he want to know how me, as an asian immigrant could date another person who is (gasp) a different race than me?
Or did he simply want to ask if the boy I was dating grew up in NZ just like me, and thus, a New Zealander?
I replied:
"Yeah… he is. W