My family won’t accept my partner and I’m devastated after they disowned me
DEAR DEIDRE: I HAVE fallen in love – and my family has disowned me for it.
I’m a Muslim Pakistani woman and my fiancé is an Afro-Caribbean man.
I’ve never been so happy, yet all they can see is the colour of his skin.
We are both nurses and met at work.
We have been together for two years, secretly at first. I’m 27 and he’s 30.
I knew my family wanted me to marry within my community, but I thought they loved me and wanted happiness for me.
Naively, I believed that if I showed them what a good man my fiancé is, they’d accept our relationship. Instead, I’ve been cast out. They all refuse to speak to me, except my younger sister.
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Worse, I’ve had abuse on social media from other people in the community.
Given the racism my family has suffered, I’m shocked at how racist they can be. By contrast, his family has accepted me like a daughter.
Although I love my fiancé to bits and want to be with him forever, being rejected like this hurts so much.
I hate their attitudes, but I miss my family – and the thought that my future children will never meet their grandparents makes me feel miserable.
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