jaurn Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) I met my girlfriend of 3 years (let's call her M) in my second year of college and we currently have a very happy relationship. M is the single most wonderful person I've known and I still can't believe my luck for having found her. But in another month, I'll graduate from college and will most likely move to a different part of the country. Despite the notoriously difficult nature of long-distance relationships, I would love nothing more than to try and make this work, if it wasn't for one very frustrating detail. M is from a very traditional family where relationships are a strict no-no. According to her parents, the only man in her life should be the stranger they pick for her when they deem her ready. Though she doesn't share their philosophy on relationships, M has nevertheless maintained that she could never hurt her parents if it came to it. So with full knowledge of how things could and would get difficult eventually, M and I kept seeing each other because we were madly in love. Such idiots. No matter how hard I try now, I cannot wrap my mind around the absurdity of being forced to consider ending a perfectly wonderful relationship just because of some stupidly outdated conceptions held by M's family about relationships. What would you do in a similar situation (if you can picture yourself there)? Edited April 30, 2013 by jaurn
Recommended Posts