My cousin is in love with a woman of a race that the family won't approve of. Please help?
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My cousin is in love with a woman of a race that the family won't approve of. Please help?
I have lived in America for 7 years, but I am originally from Hyrule. My male cousin (he is 22 years old) back in Hyrule told me yesterday on the phone that he was in love with a Gerudo woman. We are Hylian ethnic people, and Gerudos are another race/group of people living in the western desert parts of the country. He does not dare to tell the rest of the family that he loves a Gerudo woman, because he is scared that they won't approve of it. I don't know what to do. I don't like Gerudos at all. When I was a child, some of my family's most worthily items (gold,money, my father's expensive harp) were stolen by some Gerudo thieves, and many Hylians experience thievery weekly. Hylians and Gerudos are not interbreeding much, and it is considered a social taboo.
In one way, I feel that it is my job as a loyal family member to tell my family the truth about my cousin loving a Gerudo girl, and on the other side, I want to be trusted by my cousin.
Me and my cousin have been close since we very very small and he trusts me more than his own parents.
Hylians and Gerudos are totally different people when it comes to genes, mindset, attitudes, culture, musical traditions, morals, social structure etc.
A horribly large number of Gerudos are living as criminals (thieves mostly), while Hylians are used to a very quiet, laid-back life in small villages and the countryside.
The family would not like the thought of a Gerudo being involved in the family life, because they don't trust Gerudos. I don't trust them either. I don't have a clue what to do. I don't think the family will ever speak to my cousin again if he does not dump her. But I know it will hurt him.....
Please help me......
when it comes to love and marriage...family need to keep their nose out of it......he is well aware of who she is and what she represents. there are stories all throe our literature ...about couples in history who were of different tribes or ethnic cultures...and the stories are always an unhappy ending because someone stuck their nose in it
if per chance you fell in love with one of gt hem yourself...you would want your trusted cousin to treat you as he has always done..with trust and respect and confidence.
we dint pick and chose when we shall be trusted.....we either are or we are not.
when someone knows they are dating someone who their family doesn't approve of......it will force him to want her more if everyone squawks........but if you let it alone....if they dint have much in common...they will find out themselves.....
water seeks its own level.........it could be a whirl wind romance and fizzle out...............
if its not true love but rather tasting the forbid en fruit.....it will all be realized if you leave it alone..and let nature take it course.....
act as if nothing is wrong...and let life proceed.......if he does marry her, she may be a pearl within the trend of hoodlums........and if she is a real nice person.......then you have gained another cousin.......a cousin and his wife...true Friends until the end.
My real family are the dregs of a town in maine USA..............but I was different...I left the family and made something of myself, while the others became every low life title they could muster....
dont judge her yet....she may turn out to be one of your best friends.......just lie low...let it happen...and if they do marry...stand by his side as you have always done......
it is the right thing to do................she should not be blaimed for what her people do.....she may be different
keep it silent.....as he would for you...and mainatain your close friendship...no matter what he decides...and love her too...... if she is worth loving
dont mention this to him..dont twit him or talk badly about it...just be as kind to her and him as you have always been.and dont tell the family..nothing is written in stone yet...and besides that is up to him...not you