This is the view of Rynfield resident Brigitte Thysse (25), who has for the past two years been in an interracial relationship.
A night out with friends at a Benoni entertainment venue was the perfect meeting place for her and the love of her life, Ben Pillay (24).
“I was out and about with friends and then … I saw him,” said Thysse.
“Tunnel vision kicked in, and this time, it was not the alcohol.”
“I want that one,” she said to herself.
“My mind had already made itself up.
“I wanted this handsome, dark chocolate man.”
The couple, or “two shades of love”, as Thysse describes the relationship, are expecting a baby.
Thysse said she is sometimes questioned about her decision to be in an interracial relationship.
“You are dating an Indian, aren’t you worried about what people think?” is a common question she is asked.
“My general answer is: ‘I don’t care, since my partner came into my life, everything has been a lot more positive.’”
She also has the backing from her family.
“They look beyond the colour and into the people that we are individually.”
“He is a good person and has his goals and missions set.”
A close relative told her: “Irrespective of whether you are black or white, racism is not meant to be alive and well but unfortunately it is.
“Ultimately who has a right to say something about it anyway?
“It is the people in the relationship that make the decision.”
The pair describes themselves as a “delicious top deck”, that people can’t help but look at.
They have not made plans to tie the knot, but will do so in the near future.
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