My girlfriend broke up with me because of her parents.

[The_Dark_Nugget]

Hi Everyone

This is my first thread so here goes. I ment the most amazing girl ever and I instantly fell in love with her, and she felt the same but her parents didn't want her to have a boyfriend so we had to keep it a secret. It went well for weeks but somehow her parents found out and she had to break up with me.

I feel like she cares way to much about what other people think because she didn't even hesitate to break up. Am I wrong for thinking this? Her sisters and her friends keep hassling me about it.

And its getting harder it go to school because I have to see her everyday.

Thanks for listening.

tdn

[bindi-QLD]

Hi Tnd,

I'm sorry you are going through a relationship breakup, that's so hard.

To answer your question, about whether your girlfriend cares too much about her parent's opinion, I think that would depend on whether she is independent or not yet. You said you are both school age? If that's the case, is she living under their roof and totally dependent on them? Would she be able to survive if she was asked to leave right now? Would you be able to support her, or even want to?

Or is she living independently at the moment through a job or something?

[The_Dark_Nugget]

bindi-QLD said:

You said you are both school age? If that's the case, is she living under their roof and totally dependent on them? Would she be able to survive if she was asked to leave right now? Would you be able to support her, or even want to?

Or is she living independently at the moment through a job or something?

Yes, yes she is dependent on them, I would love to support her and I would, and I'm getting a job soon.

I would love and cherish every moment with her.

[Bella_bee]

Hello Nugget, my friend was in a similar situation as your ex.

They were infatuated with each other, and had a few fights but they made it work. Her parents didn’t approve of her dating because they didn’t think she was mature enough.

Why don’t you have a chat to her parents? If you approach the situation with maturity and express how you feel, it might help. They clearly love her very much since they are so protective. Talk to her about this idea if she wants this to work, god knows you can only try?

Don’t resent them for trying to do what’s best for their daughter. If it doesn’t go to plan, it wasn’t meant to be.

Good luck 🙂