I am a Muslim woman in my 20s and my parents came to me with profile of this guy they thought would be a good match for me, but I wasn’t interested in him at all. Despite my reservations they kept pressuring me to meet with him even though I knew this would be wrong for everyone and a waste of time. It got to the point where I broke down and had panic attacks multiple times in front of them begging them to hear me out and they still wouldn’t listen. They told me things like no one else would ever marry me, etc.
I got so depressed and numb from the experience that I stopped talking to everyone entirely and eventually they dropped the idea of meeting him. Although I want to forgive my parents and speak to them again, I can’t help but feel our relationship will ever be the same because of the amount of hurt they inflicted my way. To any other hijabi sisters who have gone through something similar, what should I do?