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I'm 26 and my boyfriend is 3 years younger. We are in love and marriage has been the plan for quite some time now. He is Indian and Hindu, born and raised in the US, and I'm a white girl (born and raised here, too). His parents have known my age and all of the other necessary info about me from day one, but we have not met. One week before my trip to meet them (they live on the other side of the country)they sat him down and said that not only did they refuse to meet me, but they are going disown him from the family, family business, etc if he stays with me. The only reason they will give is the age difference. Until this point they seemed totally accepting of our relationship and his whole life they have told him that he can be with whoever he chooses, she doesnt have to be Indian. I spend all of my spare time reading about and trying to understand hinduism, indian wedding customs, matching horiscopes, older-woman/younger-man relationships, and anything else related that I can get my hands on, just trying to understand where they are comming from, but the truth is that he and I are great together, have thought about this extensively, and want to be together. They know we're still together and this only hit the fan about 1 month ago, so we've not done anything drastic... ideally it will work out with a little bit of time....if anyone has any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or personal experiences with this I would love to hear them...
am i an indian parent's worst nightmare?
am i an indian parent's worst nightmare?