For some ppl, it may, but those are the exceptions. Your friend shows that he is not the type to be tied down, so I really doubt this time would be the exception either. Best of luck to him.
Being an asian guy that has dated all ethnicities...the truth is, once you are friends and close enough to date, the color lines will disappear. For the longest time, dating a white/black/latina girl was always so ooh and aah in my head, and that's all it is...in your heads.
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