Forbidden love: is it normal to continue on in secret?
I was engaged to a guy I really love, but this month, my parents just broke us off. It was forced because they said he does not have a degree, isn't rich, and isn't 'a lawyer or doctor or engineer', and that this does not fit with their Chinese values or any Chinese tradition.
1st question: Is this normal in Chinese traditions? I thought this was something that no longer existed anymore.
2nd question: Is it normal that I listened to them, and broke it off to avoid drama and trouble, but he and I are seeing each other in secret? To everyone else, we are just friends or broken up, so that nobody knows this secret.
3rd question: I know we have to keep it secret from my family, but he wants to keep it secret from everyone else too, is that normal?