Note: this came out of a conversation me and a guy from Anime Vice.
Would it make a difference to you in real life if the woman you were in love with someone out of your own species? Seriously, think about it. Personally it wouldn't make a difference to me, but what about everyone else?
Dude, if you fell in love with anyone or anything not of your species:
You couldn't have a child with it because a 'species' is defined by individuals able to reproduce and provide non-sterile offspring on a consistent basis. Meaning if you mate with something not our species you can't have 'normal' kids. Depending on how different said species is you may be able to produce offspring (ie. Horse and Donkey produce Mule or Lion and Tiger producing Liger) but most likely you would be wasting your time.
Seeing as how human beings are the most 'sentient' or at least 'aware' species, love is a relative term. Any affection you could have with any other species may in fact be on the basis of Pavlovian conditioning and/or misplaced judgement on your part as to the specific organisms feelings towards you. For example, I may be in love with my dog but my dog may not be in love with me, simply on the fact that a dog cannot comprehend love, only simpler emotions. Whatever 'moves' you make on it could go unnoticed and in the absence of a significant positive trigger would go unnoticed.
If you are dealing outside the realm of the real, in a fictional universe where intelligent aliens can visit earth and you fall 'in love', their evolutionary history would be so far removed that I can't even begin to explain now impossible any sort of relationship could be capable. This is even assuming you are capable of communicating with the alien. Their species may not even have sexes or may have more than male and female.
So to your point about seriously thinking about it, these things are keeping me from it. But, if I ignore them and consider the social and/or racial context of your question, you are basically asking if a person wouldn't mind dating someone outside of the general 'approved' norm, correct?
To that I say follow and date who you want. It's your life you can fuck it up as you please. Just don't ask people to seriously consider stupid points.
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