Just goes to show that there are prejudiced, narrow-minded people in every culture.
I agree with the others who have said that you had a narrow escape. As much as what he did hurt and annoyed you, staying with him would have been even more painful and stressful.
I think what he did is "normal" in the sense that family bonds and duties are taken much more seriously in India than they are in the West these days. There are positive things about that, but it's difficult for an American or European not to see it as smothering, manipulative, and exploitative.
IIN my Indian boyfriend broke up with me because of his parents?
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Just goes to show that there are prejudiced, narrow-minded people in every culture.
I agree with the others who have said that you had a narrow escape. As much as what he did hurt and annoyed you, staying with him would have been even more painful and stressful.
I think what he did is "normal" in the sense that family bonds and duties are taken much more seriously in India than they are in the West these days. There are positive things about that, but it's difficult for an American or European not to see it as smothering, manipulative, and exploitative.