I'm asking this because I'm from Romania, as you might have deduced, and I want to know if my origin would be a form of discrimination. I would appreciate serious answers and coming from those who, preferably, went through a similiar situation.
2006-06-28 06:32:03 · 11 answers · asked by adriana 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
I haven't fallen in love with a Romanian guy (or girl, for that matter), so I'm not sure how much this will help, but I do have a Romanian friend. Again, that's a sample size of 1 so it might not be generalizable, but maybe I can tell you a little about some of the stuff she's experienced in the US. If you're curious about Romanians in the US, this might be more helpful. If not, then, well, it will probably be less helpful.
First, you can expect a lot of Americans to not know much about Romania. My Romanian friend and I were in a bar and this guy started talking to her and said, "Oh, you're from Romania? My mother's family is Ukrainian! That's pretty much the same, right?" I don't know how you would react to that, but my friend wasn't crazy about it... Also, we're grad students, and we mostly hang out with educated people who at least have college degrees, and yet we still make a lot of vampire jokes. Adriana (my Romanian friend, same name) luckily has a sense of humor, so she makes the jokes right back. For some reason, it's just funny to us any time she says something like, "When I was going to college in Transylvania..." She doesn't quite get that one, but I think that we think it's funny because the cartoons we saw here when we were growing up always used Transylvania as a scary location with creepy castles and vampires and the like.
So, my point is that at least for Americans, you being Romanian is not likely to be a source of discrimination more so than it would be if you were any other nationality. And this is largely a function of the fact that not a lot of Americans know a lot about Romania. So as long as you find someone who is open-minded, you'll be fine. But you probably wouldn't be attracted to someone who was closed-minded anyway, would you? A lot of American guys love foreign-sounding accents, also, so you might have that going for you.
Oh, and also, the pronunciation of the names is sometimes an issue for my friend. Nobody really has a problem with "Adriana" because it's relatively common in many countries (though in the US, you might get a lot of "Ay-driana"), but the last names can be tougher.
2006-06-28 12:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
OK, so I am the friend Cynthia was talking about above and I second everything she said. And NO, I still don't get the giggling every time I pronounce the word Transylvania. Seriously now, how funny can that be and for how long? I just keep saying it until the funniness will wear off.
But generally I have not experienced any type of discrimination because I am from Romania. Cynthia is right: most of the time they won't know much about it. If you are lucky and they have heard of it, most likely they will know about vampires and/or Ceausescu :(. Just get over it with a joke and you will score major points.
More importantly, at least in the States, you will be surprised how diverse the population is. Most of the time you will get people saying that they are 1/8 French, 1/8 Ukrainian, 1/8 Polish and so on. They are glad to get to know someone that is from a part of the world that their grandparents are from and chat with you about their heritage. So, it is mostly a fun, curious crowd.
2006-06-29 07:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by Adriana S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldnt EVER love a Romanian woman/girl coz a Rumunka has worse education than a Gypsy woman!!
2015-10-30 23:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey I'm from Romania myself and live in Canada now.
I don't think people would discriminate against you; sometimes people have problems with foreign names so personally I changed my name to avoid all the hassle associated with always having to explain myself. Other than that, people here are very tolerant to other cultures and you wouldn't be discriminated against.
2006-06-28 06:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by JakeU 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an Asian and I live in London since 10yrs so if you ask me, our origin does not matter to others as far as we work perfectly and without error as soon as we make any error or say we fail to do some given work , people have mentally to blaim other by whatever way by Country, Religion, It's a human nature to pull the leg of a succesfull man by whatever way it means. I hope you agree with me.
2006-06-28 23:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by Negotiator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, no, because that would be kind of gay...but, since I live in Romania, a Romanian guy!?! (este mai bine asa, lol)
But since America is the great melting pot, I would say people in America don't care whether your black, white, gray, purple, green, 'er whateva!
2006-06-28 08:41:49 · answer #6 · answered by funkyjiveturkey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As long as spoke the same language and could find something in common, I would date a Romanian woman.
2006-06-28 06:36:42 · answer #7 · answered by City slicker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love a girl for whatever she is, and don't care where she came from as long as I felt love for her and she's special to me.
2006-06-28 06:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
verey star that come sin romani says the girls are very pretty, so...( si io is din romania);))
2006-06-28 08:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, your place of birth or origin wouldn't have anything to do with it
2006-06-28 06:35:57 · answer #10 · answered by twentythree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋