By batah - 12/05/2015 02:49 - United States - Columbus

Today, 2 years into our relationship, my boyfriend's parents still have no idea about me. FML
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batah 15

Wow, I really didn't think this would get posted! OP here to answer questions, yes it is a cultural/religious reason why his parents have yet to know, he is Moroccan Muslim. We plan on telling them soon when his dad comes back to America :) he just doesn't want to tell them over the phone and risk making anyone angry. Thanks for the comments guys!

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Ramos808 29

I'm sorry, OP. This doesn't mean anything. His parents probably just don't approve of him dating, so he kept you his little secret :)

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emilyjgraham 34

This may seem silly but it may be to protect you. I read recently of a young man from the UK who has a girlfriend who's revently transitioned from male to female and he hasn't told his parents because of their opinions about transgender people. He's not telling them so that she's protected from possible hatred which he feels is unnecessary. Now I'm not saying you're transgender and I'm not saying that his parents would definitely dislike you but there's a possibility he's not telling them for your benefit. Long stretch! If it's not and he's just hiding you from them, then he's an arse and has some very serious explaining to do!!

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vikky538 28

Was he having a secret relationship with you?

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C_Celine_101 19

It could be down to the kind of household OP's partner lives in. His parents maybe the kind that wouldn't be so accepting if they found out he was seeing someone... I would know, to this day my mum chooses to ignore that my boyfriend exists-it's been a over a year.

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batah 15

Wow, I really didn't think this would get posted! OP here to answer questions, yes it is a cultural/religious reason why his parents have yet to know, he is Moroccan Muslim. We plan on telling them soon when his dad comes back to America :) he just doesn't want to tell them over the phone and risk making anyone angry. Thanks for the comments guys!

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irish_lad 16

Im sure thats better than your father in law thinking your gay when you first met him

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Setareh23 34

Good for you guys then :) I know it's a tough situation, so I'm glad your bf will be sticking up for you (and you for him). I wish you guys luck: hope it goes well with his parents!

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quickit 24

My girlfriend and I have been together for about a year. My parents love her but I have yet to meet her parents because of the cultural difference. I have a newfound respect for you OP because people don't realize how difficult it is to maintain an interracial relationship. I wish the best for both of you! (:

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batah 15

Thank you all! It's very difficult but I know it will be for the better in the end. I hope everything works out for everyone else who shares the current situation I'm in! :)

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kjlancaster 21

Then why does your account say single?

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ohSNAPyall 26

It would make them more angry to hear news about their son over the phone than it would to realize that he's been hiding a big part of his life for two years?

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CandyApple88 13

It's no problem. He's the guy, you will convert (those are the rules of the religion).

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Kikiers21042 18

For me it's more cultural. I'm going to meet his parents soon and didn't have to wait long but I'm super nervous the mom and well his family won't like me. He is from Iraq moved three years ago to America. And of course I'm from America. There Christian so it's a bit easier but still super nervous!

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Matheo_fml 21

Wow OP!! Good luck with the parents! How long do you have to wait? Do you think the father or the mother is a hard nut?

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Shakazulu1216 13

Did you not think it was important to meet them during the first month or two?

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melanielovejeff 15

Sounds like he has commitment issues if he's avoiding introducing you to the family. Or he has another girlfriend that the family has met. Either way, seems like he is taking you for granted and not investing in your relationship with him.

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EvilTurtle 35

Follow up. Edit:Never mind just saw your other comment lol

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melanielovejeff 15

I take my first comment back. I wrote it before seeing your response. Good luck meeting his family!

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Zack325 10

I feel like you could have worded this better

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MzZombicidal 36

It's worded perfectly fine, though...

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b00kn3rd 14

A year in and my boyfriend's family, friends...not even coworkers know I exist.

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anyoldnamewilldo 23

#80.....Unless there is a cultural reason, I would be reassessing the situation. If you are a secret from everyone...including his friends and coworkers, there's a good chance that he is either married or had a girlfriend when he got with you. How can you be in a committed relationship and not be included in his life? Best of luck.

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Ray_of_midnight 22

Many years ago, I met a charming Jamaican-American woman. She's smart and nice and into all the same weird nerdy stuff that I am, student of history, speaks and reads Latin, and has a degree from a very competitive women's college that most people in the United States would probably have heard of. I never introduced her to my father, because my father was a raging bigot who tossed around the n-word as casually as two people might discuss the weather. None of that other stuff would have mattered to him; all he would have seen was her skin color and her tightly curled hair and her flat nose, and that would have been it. :( (She got along famously with my mom, though.)

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