[trancehead]

i say its a great way to broaden your horizons.

i think for most people in Canada who are Canadianized who date another Canadianized person, that isn't really dating outside of your culture because you both have so much in common already (for the most part)

But it is moreso, dating someone who shares less in common with you in terms of culture (say someone who is here studying, working on a visa etc. does not have so much working knowledge of English usually) is when its really inter cultural dating

want to learn Japanese? go make friends with one. or better yet, date her. now you will be spending lots of time with your significant other, and will have a good opportunity to pick up vocab / structure

its accessing a different world. a different context from that you are accustomed to.
you will see the goods and bads of both cultures and be able to contrast them. and most importantly, synthesize them to improve facets of your life and those around you.

That is what being a worldly traveller is all about in a sense.


of course, there will always be those bottom fruit pickers. So i can see where this sentiment of "cant date anyone inside your own culture, so you go outside" but that is the case with almost anything else in life in that there will be bottom pickers floating regardless of application