bonus hax chat q: she is dating a guy 15 years older than her, divorced, kids etc. her parents are firmly anti-this guy. does she break it off?
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charlie (aka chris)
Apr 12 '13, 11:58
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SELFISH TO NOT BREAK UP?
I've been dating an amazing man for about 9-10 months now. It's a bit of an unconventional relationship (he's 15 years older and has been married before and has kids; I'm in my mid-20s and this is my first serious relationship) so we waited to see whether it could be serious before mentioning anything to my parents, whose permission we'd eventually (i.e. in a year or so from now) like to go forward. Problem: when I brought this up with my parents about 6 months in, my parents exploded. They hate this/him. They are now pretending I never mentioned anything and are trying to set me up with other guys. There has been yelling, tears, guilt trips, and all kinds of meanness directed at me, and my guy is losing heart. Do I keep trying to build our relationship? Or is the more humane thing to do is break up with him until (if?) my parents get on board? We don't want to go out a year from now and deal with deeper heartbreak of breaking up then if my parents are still threatening to disown me. We also both believe that marriage is between two families, so we wouldn't want to go forward if they still behave this way anyway. I don't know - help
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