Can you honestly be okay being in a relationship no one supports?

[juststarry6443]

I can't come to realize that people will honestly be okay with having no family around to support their relationship because they are with the one they love.

 

I mean who will be at the wedding? and who's gonna see me have my first kid?

 

In real life, I don't see any Romeo and Juliet story. I see oh our families hate each other and hate us being together well I guess we have to let each other go...

[miss_jaclynrae]

That is a choice you need to make.

 

 

 

 

What are the reasons for them not supporting your relationship?

No one in my family was that happy about my boyfriend when I first told them about him, ten years older than me, bald, and a recovering alcoholic? Yeah, not huge fans. I went with my gut though and now after them getting to know him, they all love him. I made a decision at the beginning to follow my heart.

 

The only real reason my family wouldn't support a marriage would be due to big deal sort things, such as him being in trouble with the law, and overall being a not so nice person.

 

 

 

 

 

Care to share WHY?

[juststarry6443]

This actually isn't relevant to any relationship I'm in now.

There was just a man in the past --I was 16 and he was 20. Long story short, I had to let him go because well my family had the law involved in our relationship.

 

I was just curious that if we met each other 10 years from now and fell in love the same way we did back then my family would make it really uncomfortable for me. Not only that my cousin had a thing for him too.

 

In no way do I see my family happy if I was with him in the end. I just have a hard time understanding people who are okay with that or who could handle that.

[MissBee]

My family and friends aren't petty, so if they really didn't like someone, and voiced it, I would pay attention, as I trust their judgment. They don't have the final say, but certainly I care about their opinions and my family is one where the in-laws are all welcomed in and get along, so I would want that for myself as well and would not want to be in a relationship no one supports, as I strongly believe that having the support of people besides yourselves helps a lot, esp if you should make a family with this person.