Love match - What's the best way of breaking it to the parents?

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Re: Love match - What’s the best way of breaking it to the parents?

@farimasait

Hi all,
My folks are thinking of finding rishtas for me. It’s a topic that’s been cropping up a lot in conversation lately. What’s the best way of breaking it to the parents that I’ve already found my partner? Would it be best to tell them straight away? Some of my friends have suggesred turning down a number of rishtas so they kind of get a hint and ask me themselves - and then I could tell them.
Would they be more receptive that way? It doesn’t seem fair to potential rishtas to deal insincerely with them.

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P.S The situation is futher complicated by the fact that the man I love is from a different religion. I want to do this just right so there’s as little stress as possible for everyone concerned.
I’m more worried about how dad might react than I am about mom…
Do you know anyone who’s done this? How did they convince their parents?

Appreciate any inputs…

Are your parents
Uber-Conservative
Very Conservative
Conservative
Almost Maadran
Maadran
Very Maadran?

I ask because everything depends on their mindset. At the two extremes, their are some parents who would kill their daughter if she wanted a love marriage and that too with a Non-Muslim (I assume you are Muslim?) and some who wouldn’t bat an eyelid.