mg has been disowned by about 80% of his family because of his relationship with me. He has cousins who thought that him having an American girlfriend was the coolest thing in the world, until they found out I was Jewish. They literally haven't spoken to me since, even when we've been in the same room.
mg's parents refuse to believe that our relationship is going to last. They talk about his future and I'm not in it. They also do whatever they can to sabotoge my mental and emotional health.
We were given a wedding/anniversary party in Switzerland because most of the extended family hadn't come to the wedding. At the party, his dad gave a speech that didn't mention the fact that we were married or had had a wedding. He just thanked everybody for coming and told them all that there was a famous window in a room upstairs and he was going to be giving a tour of it later.
The highlight of the entire party came when we were all treated to a surprise slideshow of mg's life. Now remember, this is a party to celebrate our wedding.
The slideshow went through mg's childhood - mg playing drums, mg playing soccer, etc. The final picture was of him the day he went to college. We started *dating* in college. Apparently that's when his life stopped in his family's eyes.
By that point, there was really nothing to do about it but laugh. Luckily his parents live in Nepal and the rest of them all live in Switzerland, so basically I avoid them all as much as humanly possible.
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Date: 2006-12-21 03:31 am (UTC)a. Jewish
b. American
c. Outspoken
d. Fat
mg has been disowned by about 80% of his family because of his relationship with me. He has cousins who thought that him having an American girlfriend was the coolest thing in the world, until they found out I was Jewish. They literally haven't spoken to me since, even when we've been in the same room.
mg's parents refuse to believe that our relationship is going to last. They talk about his future and I'm not in it. They also do whatever they can to sabotoge my mental and emotional health.
We were given a wedding/anniversary party in Switzerland because most of the extended family hadn't come to the wedding. At the party, his dad gave a speech that didn't mention the fact that we were married or had had a wedding. He just thanked everybody for coming and told them all that there was a famous window in a room upstairs and he was going to be giving a tour of it later.
The highlight of the entire party came when we were all treated to a surprise slideshow of mg's life. Now remember, this is a party to celebrate our wedding.
The slideshow went through mg's childhood - mg playing drums, mg playing soccer, etc. The final picture was of him the day he went to college. We started *dating* in college. Apparently that's when his life stopped in his family's eyes.
By that point, there was really nothing to do about it but laugh. Luckily his parents live in Nepal and the rest of them all live in Switzerland, so basically I avoid them all as much as humanly possible.