a lot has happened since my last post

Submitted by SL (Japan), Jan 14, 2008 at 09:10

as i said before, i decided to break up w/ him, so after taking some time apart, i met up w/ him to do the talk.
well guess what? he said he has changed and he wont leave me w/o giving it the last shot.
he said he realized how he had treated me and what he had done/said to me regarding my past was all wrong and he does regret it and he kept on apologizing for it.

now it got me totally off guard because i never expected him to be like that at all.

i told him that i could continue dating him (seeing that he so wanted me to judge him based on who he is rather than what he used to be toward me), but i made it clear to him that i may never be able to marry him etc and he may end up wasting up his time/money on me for nothing. he said he was alright w/ it so long as we would give it one last fair shot and if it doesnt work out, its then we can break it off.

the problem im facing right now is my parents are not even happy w/ me going out w/ him casually.
they want me to cut all ties w/ him completely and even though he wants to meet them so that he can apologize to them for the way he had treated me etc, they dont even wanna meet him.

i feel like im sneaking out behind my parents' backs by dating him...

is the last chance hes talking about even worth it? or am i just being fooled by his sweet words?

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