What kind of a 'man' is your 'boyfriend'??

Submitted by Pavlo (Australia), Oct 2, 2006 at 18:25

Does your boyfriend not even speak up for you when his family says all those awful things about Muslims?!! What kind of MAN is he? Is he MAN enough to stand up for the woman he loves? You are obviously NOT welcome at their family gatherings. I am a Christian man who was in a long term relationship (10 years) with a Muslim woman. My family did not really approve though they were never outright rude to her. It came to the point where I had to stand up for her and for me. I said something like "You either accept my choice to be with her and if you don't really like it we will leave this city. I will cut myself off from you and we will create a life for ourselves apart from you." In the end they accepted my choice and stopped berating me about her.

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