Islamic marriage advice and family advice

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Muslim boyfriend giving up

I can understand his concerns, but it’s like he’s not even allowing me to have a chance.

My family are not letting me marry the girl I want!

I don’t want my relationship with my family to be bad because of a girl but at the same time I love this girl and I can’t let her go.

How should a Muslim deal with cheap people?

I thought by just focusing on studying and getting good grades, one day these people would at least respect me and stop the name calling. I got good grades in my pre-university program, but I still didn’t get respect; I just got a new label: nerd.

Dealing with an immigrant husband

I do really love him, since he supports me emotionally at times. Living without him alone would be difficult as well. What to do with a husband who is inferior to a wife intellectually, financially, socially, and professionally? I do appreciate him praying and fasting. How long can a wife support a husband and his house?

It’s so hard to find good Muslim men if you’re me

My parents are Ugandan and many people who consider marrying me would love to, but due to their parents only wanting girls from their country, I’m just pushed aside like I don’t belong. Love has no color, but many traditional parents don’t seem to understand that.

We want to be together but his parents won’t allow it due to cultural differences

Recently, he spoke with his mother in hopes of getting her support to ask for my hand. She once again refused, stating that I do not speak their language and that she will not support us and she will cease contact with him if he chooses to marry me.

Does he love me or is it only games and lust?

I met a Palestinian guy here in UAE. We have become best friends and we hug and kiss. But he says that his family will never accept me and he cannot tell them. Yet he wants to continue seeing me. I feel confused and rejected.

Parents refusing him my hand on cultural grounds; What can I do to convince them?

So basically, their reasons are his culture, and how my little sisters going to get married.. I don’t know how that relates-apparently when it comes to their time, people will reject my sisters based on the fact that I have got married to someone outside??? Surely IF this is the case, then this is good riddance as this shows how narrow minded these people are anyway?

Parents don’t approve my marriage due to cultural differences, any advice

. I know i must obey my parents but i have explained that i will be living with they guy and i should be happy with whom i spend the rest of my life with but my mother tells me i only care about my self. i would really appreciate your advice.

His parents are against us marrying because of cultural differences

I am dealing with a very difficult issue which has affected me emotionally (and even physically) for quite some time. I am very much in love with a Muslim man and after 4 some odd years of knowing each other, we had plans to marry…