I had a relationship with my cousin. Growing up, we had been close and I had always been attracted to her. We always talked about how much we enjoyed each other’s company, and we even started flirting when we got older.
When we were both in our twenties, I decided to take a chance and ask her out. She said yes, and we started dating. We kept our relationship a secret, as our families were not supportive of us being together.
She was adopted by my aunt, so we were not blood related
She had been adopted by my aunt, and our families considered us still related even though she was not blood-related to me or my aunt or even anyone in my family.
Despite all of the risks, we continued to date in secret. We had a lot of fun together, and I felt like I was in love with her. It felt like nothing else mattered but us. We were happy together and felt like we were invincible.
Unfortunately, our relationship was not meant to last. Eventually, our families found out about us and were furious.
They couldn’t believe that we had been together and that I had put myself in a position to be with someone who even though was not related to me by blood, had a ‘cousin’ relationship with me.
They thought that we had violated some kind of unwritten rule of the family, and our relationship was immediately condemned.
We got forced to end our relationship
The worst part was that our families felt so strongly about it, that they put pressure on us to end our relationship.
We had no choice but to break up, and it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest. I was devastated, and I felt like I was lost without her.
We tried to pretend like nothing happened and that we were still family like what it was previously, but it was too hard. We had to act and pretend for a bit, but we both knew that things had changed.
I still loved her, but I also knew that our relationship was over. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through.
I still think about her sometimes and how things could have been different if our families had been more supportive.
I will always remember her and the love that we had, but sadly, our relationship was not meant to be.