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Advice needed : cross cultural relationships - family
September 28, 2011
9:12 pm
Fili
Hong Kong
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The following question was posted yesterday :

I am having a hard time understanding why my boyfriend does not want to introduce me to his family. I feel rejected and sad about it. We have been dating a little over a year now. It's as if he is not sure about me and our relationship, and if he were to introduce me to his family, there would be no going back and he would be "stuck with me." I am what most would consider a conservative American, I'm not a party girl, no "skeletons in the closet" so there should be nothing to be embarrased about as far as introducing me to mom…He is from Southeast Asia, he is a Christian, and there is no language barrier (his family primarily speaks English). Is he unsure about our relationship? Does this mean I'm just a temporary fix and at some point he is planning to back out?

Any advice for this girl?

Fili

September 28, 2011
10:15 pm
WanderingAmerican
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He's not serious about her and she needs to have a serious discussion with him about it or just go her separate way now. A year of dating and she hasn't met his family yet? The red flags should have gone up at 6 months or sooner. 

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October 1, 2011
1:14 am
rozyuri
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Seems to me that either he's not sure about her, or he has some issues going on in him that have nothing to do with her. Maaaaybe he has a bad relationship with his family himself, or his parents are closet conservatives who wouldn't accept a girl outside of their "zone"(no matter how nice and liberal they might look and sound). Maaaaybe there's something that he cannot share with her – or anyone else. Or…. yeah, maybe he simply doesn't want to get "stuck with" her (if this is the case, I sympathize and wish her all the best to move on).

 

God knows what though, when he's not talking. I'd say, ask him, because she should be able to, for having a relationship with him over a year, while being open-minded about every possibilities and the unknown to her – if he's not giving her a comprehensive answer, probably that's the time to make *the* decision.

 

By personal experience, I also think that being introduced to the family could mean not as much as she expects. Once a upon a time :P I got introduced to my ex's parents and that did give me a hallucination of a settling relationship. Turned out, he had introduced his parents to EVERY dates/gfs he had had in the past  – that's where he was coming from and perhaps naturally, meeting with their son's another girlfriend (who probably would pass by like everyone else they had got introduced to) wasn't a big deal to them. After learning that, I had a GOOD laugh about the "misunderstanding" I had. Good times! Oh, and yes, I passed by, like everyone else they have been introduced to by their son.

 

Even if we're introduced to every family member of our partners and cultivating the relationship for now – technically, there still could be "turning back". Why would some people end up with a divorce, even after having children together… Perhaps she needs to let go of the notion that meeting with family somehow confirms the relationship, or it might seal the deal or something.

 

All the best!

Yay Filadi, I made a comment ^__^

October 5, 2011
6:16 am
Danny Hoo
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If there were a problem in the relationship it would have become manifest by now.  So it must be something to do with his family.  After a year it is surprising that he hasn't invited her to any ritual family functions such as Christmas.  She should ask some probing questions about upcoming family occasions like this.  If he says he will be visiting his father or mother in jail on Christmas Day, then seriously, she really does have something to worry about!

Just don't start the converstaion with "Let's talk about our relationship…" 

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