How do I make my family see my partner for who they are?
So my boyfriend Jake & I have been together for almost two years now — we met in college, both studying design, and honestly he’s the first person who’s really *gotten* me. We live together, split rent, cook together, all that. But my family… they just wont accept him. It’s not like he’s some deadbeat or anything — he works two jobs and is saving to start his own studio. But my parents keep saying stuff like “he cant give you the life you deserve” or “wait till you see how money changes things.” They act like because he grew up in a small town with a single mom on food stamps, he’s automatically not good enough. Last weekend at my sister’s birthday, my dad pulled me aside and said, “You’re throwing your future away.” Broke my heart. I love him. I know money matters but not like this. How do you deal when your family won’t even try to see the person you love? I dont want to cut them off, but I cant keep pretending this doesn’t hurt.