A girl shared how her boyfriend doesn’t respect that she wants to spend more time with her family on special occasions.
Here is the story:
“My boyfriend can’t seem to respect me wanting to spend time with my family on special occasions (e.g birthdays, Christmas, new year)
My family is very close and prior to even meeting my boyfriend, it has been a tradition for us to spend such days together as a family.
I am in my mid-20s and will probably move out of my home in a few years’ time. When I was in my late teens-20, I chose to sacrifice my family time on such days to go out with friends or my partner.
But as I grew older, I just hope to be able to cherish this time I have with my family.
However, my boyfriend would guilt trip me about not choosing to go out with him instead, and to be honest, it feels a little immature.
I would never make him choose between his family and myself.
To me, if my partner is the one, we will ultimately have our own family and be able to spend many of these special occasions together.
But I do not have the luxury of another 40-50 years with my family.”
Editor’s note: Well now that you put it this way, you have a very strong point there.