I am a Muslim and my boyfriend is an Indian Muslim.. But we can't marry..

Submitted by Mellissa (Singapore), Dec 27, 2006 at 04:04

I have known a guy about six years but we are not close. Just hi and bye. Six years later, he told me he used to like me back then. So we dated each other and eventually got together. I was so in love with him and I think he knew that. A few months of being together, he told me not to love him so much because he will marry the girl of his mother's choice.

He is an Indian Muslim and I am a Malay Muslim. So his bride has to be an Indian Muslim plus his mother must be fond of the girl. I was with him for a certain period of time and waited till he got married. God sure knows how much I love him. I am still recovering from this emotional torture.

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