Re: Getting the point across to parents that now is not the time...
Thanks everyone ..
Musicmaniac... It gets on top of you all this pressure..so if I were you I'd start getting prepared.. and don't go into a relationship if you are not in one.. just amkes things a billion times worse..
I am rebellious by nature.. but only to the point of fighting my corner but cannot tolerate my parents pain even thoguh I know the pressure they are putting on me is wrong... as even though they love me deeply they have different values which I cannot align to..
I would be truly unhappy being married to any of the guys i wrote about as they don't really speak english and are of very very conservative/ dihati backgrounds whereas I am more open minded and like to enjoy a lifestyle that is active.. like travelling/Learning new hobbies.
I want a relationship where me and my husband are close, can hold hands and enjoy our lives..be natural and I guess free to express our views and feelings.. rather than a guy who just cannot understand me and forceful.
If I marry one of these guys I will be conforming to values that I don't necessarily believe in.
I am 26 so am looking forward to settling down but with the right guy..
We are originally from Kashmir and parents are very conservative .. My dad let me go to uni away from home and is very open minded in certain things but my mum repeats the stories of "all these 18 year old girls who go Ak and get married and come back without an uff to their parents.." what is worng with you.. Badnaam kar rahi ho poori family ko"
It's horrible .. I'm just scared of damaging my parents health..
So what do you guys think? Should I tell them that i want to marry but to the right guy..
Too much information here.. My bhabhi is from AK but quite modern and fits quite well in England but my brother is very unhappy with the marriage and he won't even talk to her..
Now it's no fault of my bhabhi (she's also my cousin) and I love her to bits but it didn't work out ..she is now stuck in the uk and doens't want to tell her parents as people will point fingers at her dad who's the DHQ of the local hospital.. i realise how atleast I am not married and these are things I fear so if I want I can change these things...whereas she is in this mess..
Funny thing is she really liked my brother from the beginning and look at her kismet..
My parents don't see this as a lesson when they know that I am a million times unhappier with marrying a guy from back home who I don't have an understanding with.. than my bhai had with marrying my cousin...
Sorry long rant but it's been burning inside me for over a year and a half.. Feel a lot better :)