Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my parents. After she left, they told me they disapprove of her because of her supposedly lower social class. Now I have to either dump her or lose the money they set aside to pay for my university tuition. FML
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Today, I met my girlfriend's parents. Her father looked me up and down, said, “No” then went back to his TV. My girlfriend immediately broke up with me and threw me out. I even had to get a really expensive taxi home, because we’d driven in her car and I had no idea what part of the city I was in. FML
Today, my girlfriend was given an ultimatum by her dad: come back to China and marry the man he picked for her, or stay here at uni with her 'white devil boyfriend' (me) and be shunned by her whole family forever. She chose here for her future career, but I think she resents me for it. FML
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me. Recently, her mother married a rich guy and they moved in together. Her stepfather pays for everything and she can now go to bars every weekend or travel. Now that she’s “had a taste of the good life” she thinks she can meet someone better. I’m working class. FML
Today, I found out the reason my boyfriend dumped me was because his parents don't like the fact that I go to a prestigious university. However, they're completely accepting of the drunken slob who's dating their daughter. FML
Today, my girlfriend of two years broke up with me because her father, who abandoned her before she was born and just reentered her life, doesn't approve. FML
Today, I introduced my girlfriend to my dad. I thought it was a good idea at the time, at least until he took her aside for a private chat. During the chat, he told her all about my two previous marriages and advised her to "get out while you can". FML
Today, I introduced my girlfriend to a female friend of mine, because I thought they would get along. Apparently they get along better than I expected; she dumped me for the other girl. FML
Today, my parents lectured me about how my girlfriend will ruin my life, because she's a single mom, a recovering alcoholic, and has chronic health issues. Apparently, I should be with their friend's rude, trashy daughter, who can't keep a job, and goes on a drunken, drug-fueled bender every other week. I'm 31. FML
Today, my girlfriend told me that her parents have a bet going on when we are going to break up. FML
Today, I found out that my girlfriend's parents offered her a trip to Europe if she dumped me. She accepted, and broke up with me. Her parents were lying. FML
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PennyLane27 32
Keep her. Pay for your own college. Earn your big boy pants. [and get laid!]
RebekahBrooke 9
love, or a good life?
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Comments (228)
myopinioncounts 3
use your parents money to bring her up in social class. problem solved. seriously do you think ppl of their class would stop his son from getting an education? last thing they want is for their high social club to think their son is . . omg not one of them. gasp. people like your parents make me sick op! i hope u keep the girl if youre really fond of her and get an education you can afford that will bring you to different kinds of people that can shed light to your world. different from your parents that is
jnaust 8
Stand your ground. No doubt your education is important to you parents, they'll back down. Fair chance you and this girl won't be together forever, but you will have shown your parents they can't control you with money.
cass85 8
Seriously? Absolutely no one I know who was in the fortunate situation of their parents being able to pay for their university fees and then arrogantly challenged them benefitted from attempting to win any fight at all. Are any parents, however bigoted or close-minded their reasoning, just going to hand over over £20,000 to a kid they feel cannot respect their decision or understand what a big deal university could be? No. No kid has ever stomped their foot and declared "I will have my girl AND your money!" and been triumphant.
cass85 8
The vast majority of people are not going to stay forever and ever and ever in hopeless with love with whoever they're dating at 18. Get rid of her and you'd be over it in a few weeks, but if you turn away your parents money and get a student loan you'd be paying that off for decades (even with the dubiously leniant terms and delayed repayment of our UK schemes) and, chances are, the romance wouldn't last anyway. Get rid of this chick, learn your lesson and don't introduce anymore lasses to your folks until after your further education when you don't rely on them for anything anymore and you're the only person you have to answer to. Don't try and keep this as a secret relationship; the romantic Shakespearean aspect of it fades pretty fast and it becomes dull, stressful and irritating.
akdakine81 2
Grown up and man up. You're parents are clearly low lifes
icallbullshit 3
Stand up to your parents you punk bitch. That is if you really like this girl.
darthzerg 7
Way to have real rich douch bag parents, i hate people like that. But seriousley do what makes you happy.
fsukid1021 0
If you're paying for university tuition and just introduced the girl to your parents, your either a) still in high school or b) early in the relationship. Love is everywhere, son, take the education.
taazer 12
Tell her of the dilemma.. Tell her that you can see her in secret and if she gets mad tell her that it is important to you and if it ever gets really serious between you two you, you want to be able to provide for her.. She should understand or she's not worth it if she won't support you because you think education is important.. :)
pscgirl 2
Dump her... School is more important, and you'll find someone there that's better and they approve of.
Brownie101abc 7
I had the same problem :( since when does someone's social status become important