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August 4, 2018 at 7:38 am #220289
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GuestDear pineapplegirl:
Welcome back and congratulations for moving on from the previous relationship.
I suggest you meet his man for a series of honest conversations aimed at getting to know one another and not for the purpose of getting into a relationship. Meet him for a series of interviews, similar to job interviews, only the two of you are equal, not one being an employer and the other a hoped-for employee.
If you let your parents choose a husband for you, they would be interviewing the potential husband, won’t they? (Not necessarily so, as I read that many parents choose a husband based on horoscope alone).
Interview him, find out his relationship with his parents, if like the previous man, his mother is his primary concern and she will be living with the two of you if you got married.
anita
August 4, 2018 at 9:52 am #220317Prash
ParticipantDear pineapplegirl,
It looks as if you have doubts about a relationship even before it has started due to previous experience. It is important to let go of the previous experience to the best possible, in a way that emotional scars from it do not affect the new one while at the same time learning from it.
You mentioned some of the restrictions that you have. Given those restrictions and your stated concerns about the current potential relationship, I would suggest you ask yourself if you are ready to go through this. Keep your mind open to all options.
Another out of the box suggestion is from my understanding of your previous post. I believe your parents agreed for the previous relationship despite social differences. So you can let them “choose” prospective grooms while you take your time with them before you give your stamp of approval. Effectively trying to create a win win for both you and your parents.
Hope you are able to go forward in life without any regrets.
Take care
August 4, 2018 at 10:17 am #220321pineapplegirl
ParticipantYour replies are very helpful. I believe I am just scared to get hurt again. I would like to fall in love rather than marry for convinience. However, I realize talking to some men doesn’t make them become my partner or that my parents will want me to choose. For me it’s not based on horoscope but I just fear if I keep saying no my mother will not like it. This is just a fear.
August 4, 2018 at 10:41 am #220325Anonymous
GuestDear pineapple:
I understand your fear to “get hurt again”. To minimize your chances to get hurt in the future, get all the information you can get, if it is true information you can make informed decisions based on what is true.
Regarding marrying for the reason of falling in love vs marrying for the reason of convenience, how about both reasons to some extent, that is, a genuine liking of a man, and convenience, both. The in love feeling people have, that doesn’t last indefinitely. Better the liking of a man, the kind of liking that lasts and lasts.
anita
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