Originally posted by: badd1513
Five years ago, I faced a very similar situation as to what Anant and Navya are facing. My husband and I both come from relatively conservative families and they wouldn't agree to either of us marrying for love at any cost. I am an Indian and come from a pretty much upper middle class family. But my husband is American and his family are wealthy and pretty much high society people.
Five years ago, we decided to respect our families wishes and call off our relationship. We did speak to our respective families, but since the answer on both sides was a resounding No, we decided not to pursue it any further. For three years after, our families tried on numerous occasions to find a suitable (according to them , of course) partner for us. It took them three looong years for them to realise how miserable we were without each other. We didn't deliberately make ourselves unreachable to the suitors, but at times what we felt within us would show and there wasn't anything we could do about it. So, they finally decided to give us a chance to prove ourselves worthy of the families we were marrying into. Now, we are all ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY.So, moral of the story is it's not always necessary to stand up and lead a rebellion. Your family isn't your enemy. They just want whats best for you. The title of this thread definitely applied to my life. I did Love him and I did let him go...He was absolutely mine and so we are now together, Happy as ever.