Interracial Relationship / Vegetarian vs. Meat (F22, M21)
my boyfriend and I have been together for a year now and our lives are very aligned in the short term but there are problems in the long-term. I don't know what to do with it because sometimes I don't know if I see a future with him.
F22, M21, length of relationship is 1 year.
- I'm from China and grew up in China and came here to study in America. I hope to be back in Asia in the later half of my life just because that is where my family is (my parents will be 80 when I'm 35) and also that is home for me and I love living in there. He obviously does not want to live long-term. He says that he's fine with short-term visits and stays (e.g. visiting every month, spending 1-2 months there) but would not want to live there. He also does not think a long-distance marriage is super sustainable (all my friends' parents are in long-distance marriages).
- When I think about raising my kid, I want to raise them at least for the first 10 years of their lives in Asia (singapore, Hong kong fine too) so they feel and identify as Chinese first and they are very cultured. Afterwards, they can live in the US etc. wherever works best. He obviously doesn't and I understand.
- My parents are very very traditional chinese parents and He's Indian American. My parents are extremely racist and have told me that I can not entertain anything longterm with him. My grandparents will probably actually faint if they realized I'm dating a non-Chinese person.
- He is vegetarian and I am not. I know that it's not a super big deal but food means a lot to me and I want to be able to go to sushi restaurants and cook chinese dishes at home. He is fine with separate kitchens at home and we go to restaurants but it limits a lot of options (i really love sushi rip). That's not as big of an issue but he wants to raise kids vegetarian for religious reasons and I just don't. We said we might be able to compromise for certain days being vegetarian vs. not or at home vs.outside but I want to cook meat-based dishes for my kids that's central to my culture.
I don't know if him and I want the same things but maybe I'm thinking too far ahead in 10 year increments when so many things can change and I might get a better job here, idk if china would even be the same afterwards etc. I'm not sure what to do? Should I just end things now or check in periodically when I actually are faced with these decisions. Also other than this, our relationship is amazing.
u/I_love_maxdadoge — 6 days ago