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Parents won’t accept my non-Malay girlfriend
We’ve been together for 2 years now. Met her at a book store near Tiong Bahru — she’s Chinese, speaks decent Malay, even goes to the mosque with me on Eid. My parents know about her, but every time I...
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Not met his family?
Me and my boyfriend, Khalid, been together four years now. His family is pretty traditional, I get that. But still, cannot make it to introduce me to them? Go already four years, and I'm still waiting...
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How do I stand up to his family without causing war?
We’ve been married 1.5 years, and I live with his parents in Chennai while he’s posted in Dubai. Every time he’s here, things are okay — but the second he leaves, it’s like I’m back to being the ‘new...
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Why hasn’t he introduced me to his family after 4 years?
We’ve been together for four years and I still haven’t met his family. Not once. Not even by accident. His cousins know about me but act surprised when I mention his name like… what am I supposed to t...
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What do I do about bride price delay?
Imagine my uncle called my mum last week asking if they forgot to collect the bride price… me and Emeka have been married 9 months ooo. We did the church thing, white wedding, even the traditional mar...
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Matched but parents not okay?
I met my girlfriend through a dating app, we been talking for long long time and everything seems perfect. But my parents found out and they are very very upset, saying it's not a proper matrimonial s...
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Parents checked my background?
I'm really frustrated right now. So I've been seeing this guy for a bit and we just had our second date. Things were going great, I thought. But then he told me that his parents checked my family back...
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My husband's family keeps bringing up my salary
So we’ve been married 6 years now, two kids. I work in logistics, he’s a technician. I started bringing in more after I got promoted last year. At first it was little things — his sister saying ‘oh, m...
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Should I be doing all this work for his family already?
We've been together for 3 years, engaged for one. Every time I visit his province, his mom expects me to cook, clean, wash their clothes—even serve them at the table. His sisters just sit and scroll....
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How do I deal with his family expecting me to be someone I'm not?
His mom called me last week asking when I’m going to quit my job so I can start helping with their business you know the one his brother runs and I just froze because since when did I sign up for that...
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Am I just wasting my time fighting for us?
I love her so much but I’m the only one showing up. My family hasn’t spoken to me in months just because she’s Shia and I’m Sunni and we’re not married yet they act like I’ve betrayed everyone. My mom...
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Live separate?
I'm really torn between my wife and my parents. We had an arranged marriage and I dont know how to handle this situation. My wife wants us to live separately from my parents, she says it's for our own...
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Four years in, still not met his family?
We’ve been together four years, live together, file taxes jointly, even bought a house, and I still haven’t met his parents. Not once. He says they’re “old-fashioned,” that they don’t travel, that it’...
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Her family wants a traditional daughter-in-law… but I’m not her
We’ve been together for two years and things are good between us but wow her parents… every time we visit it’s like I’m being auditioned for some role I never agreed to play. Last weekend her mom hand...
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Wife's first wife still lives with us. Is this normal?
When I married Musa, nobody sat me down to say his first wife—Aisha—would still be living in the family house. They’re divorced, yes, but she’s got her own room, cooks sometimes, even answers the phon...
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Family treats her like she's beneath us – what do I do?
My girl, Masha, moved here from a tiny village near Perm. City folk here act like they’re better, and my mother? She makes no effort to hide it. Sanya, my brother, calls her "country mouse" to her fac...
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Still haven't met his family after 5 years?
We’ve been together five years, and I still haven’t met his parents. Not even once. Every time it comes up, it’s always some excuse — they’re visiting relatives, or it’s not the right time, or very th...
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How do I say no to my parents' choice?
I’ve been with Ayesha for three years now. We met in London, fell in love slowly, and it just felt right. But last week, my parents brought up this girl from Lahore — family friend’s daughter, same ho...
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Why hasn't he introduced me to his family after 4 years?
Weve been together four years. Lived together for two. I cook for him, I take care of things when his mother calls crying about the boiler again, I even remember his grandfather's birthday because he...
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Four years and still not met his family?
We’ve been together four years, right? And not once has he brought me home to meet his parents. Not even for tea. His cousins know about me, I hear, but I’ve never been invited. Last time I asked, he...