You are not French for a start, so the "rules" or "customs" may not apply to you when it comes to entering into a relationship between people from different backgrounds.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	4:cop	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	0:root	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	7:case	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
7	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	4:obl:for	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	20:advmod	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	12:punct	SpaceAfter=No
12	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	20:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	12:punct	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	16:cc	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	16:punct	SpaceAfter=No
16	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	12:conj:or|20:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	20:punct	_
18	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	20:aux	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	_	20	advmod	20:advmod	_
20	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	4:parataxis	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	obl	20:obl:to	_
23	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	25:advmod	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	expl	25:expl	_
25	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	20:advcl:when	_
26	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	27:mark	_
27	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	advcl	25:advcl:to	_
28	into	into	ADP	IN	_	30	case	30:case	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	30:det	_
30	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	27:obl:into	_
31	between	between	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
32	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	30:nmod:between	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
34	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	35:amod	_
35	backgrounds	background	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	32:nmod:from	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
