Originally posted by: YoungHeart
Desi/South Asian women even from diaspora communities need to learn to stand their ground and make their own decision.
I have been in a relationship with my fiance for a while now. We wanted to live together before we got married. I was away from home and living alone for college/work but I had moved into my parent's for sometime. Me and my fiance decided we wanted to live in together. I just told my dad that I am moving out and moving in with my fiance so I just moved out of parents and moved in with him. He wasn't really thrilled about it and it did create some drama with my family... but he couldn't do much cuz I had made my decision. I am an adult, I am financially independent and I can make my own decision. After a point, he had to be okay even though i don't think he was too happy about it 😆 .. but it is what it is. But that is also possible cuz I live here in the US and parents here don't have much say even though there is the what will people say still very prevalent esp in south asian/immigrant communities. Back home, it would have been a different story i bet.
Live-in and all should be normalized in desi/south asian families. Couple should be allowed to see if they are compatible before they jump into marriage.
Truth.
I've seen marriages even love marriages fail because people are so incompatible.
As for India... Ehhh. Things are just,.. Doesn't matter how educated, how rich, well off, people are generally conservative. I remember a case where a woman married a guy against her family's wish and girl's family gave someone a contract of one crore for his murder.