DAE feel really pressured by their parents to find someone, anyone?

mikethepwnstar · 1 year

My mom constantly tries to set me up with her friend's daughters

vaustin89 · 1 year

Well I guess my parents just gave up. They pressured me a lot of time when I was in Highschool up to college, then I constantly tell them, "how could I ever get a girl when I can't even make friends?".

[deleted] · 1 year

My mom keeps dropping subtle hints that she'd be OK if one of her children was gay.

I'm not gay. I'm just foreveralone.

PrancingPudu · 1 year

I just graduated from college and have been in a bit of a rut since I moved back home. My parents keep saying they don't care what I do, just that I'm happy and am doing something. However, on more than one occasion my dad has mentioned getting married and starting a family would be a perfectly acceptable option. I just turned 22 two weeks ago. My parents are also very on top of my brother and whether or not he's dating (hasn't had too much interest in girls in the past, very picky) and I'm afraid it's only going to get worse. We had a conversation at dinner today about my second cousins (late 20s, early 30s, all geniuses but single and kind of career-obsessed) and my parents seemed to be of the opinion that they were failures because they were alone. Sorry to rant, this has really been bugging (and kind of depressing) me lately :(

TL;DR, my parents are giving me the same shit. Had to vent because it both frustrates and depresses me :\ (apologies for any typos, on my phone)

[deleted] · 1 year

Parents dead, rest of family hates me. So no pressure...

Sibzter · 1 year

Yep, my mother constantly tells my that by her age she was already dating... I don't even know any girls...

Kenikth · 1 year

My parents actually pressured me all my life to not find someone until I had a steady job and have my life fixed (which still didn't happened btw, I'm finishing my degree this year). When I was 16 they forbidden me to see a female friend that I liked (and she liked me too), I'm sure that she would have been my first girlfriend if there wasn't any interference/brainwashing involved (she once came to my house asking for me and my father told her not to do that again, ever). I'm 23 and I still haven't been in any relationship.

As long as your parents don't become extremely annoying about putting pressure on you I think it's actually a good thing, at least they don't have a medieval era mindset.

nononao · 1 year

My parents probably think I'm a lesbian, and just want me out of the house.

chelko · 1 year

My mother has been doing that to me since I was thirteen and she first started to fear that I might be gay!

AngryLittleEndian · 1 year

No my family has never asked or pressured me into getting a gf. I always been the black sheep so I think they just chalk it up as "oh he has always been different".

My cousin just got married last year at 24, and a few relatives made some subtle comments to me. One went out of her way to tell me that she has no problem with gay people.

KaiserZero · 1 year

Not sure if this is relevant, but my mother is always asking me about girls and all that, and if she hears about failure she starts making up bullshit excuses about how the girl liked me but is to shy as well as a plethora of other crap. By my understanding my mum had quite a lot of boyfriends before my dad. My dad on the other hand was the FA type himself when he was in high school, he got his first girlfriend when he was 21 and that girlfriend is now his wife and my mother. I can see my mother escalating the extremity of this in the future unfortunately.

UnsightlyBastard · 1 year

They used to, I think they've given up though which is good because it used to really piss me off...

sampearl1 · 1 year

My mom likes to hint at it, she thinks i'm some kind of pimp or something. Yeah flippin right.

patchkit · 1 year

My parents keep telling me to do online dating. I'm ashamed to admit that I have been for years and still can't find anyone. So I just tell them that it doesn't feel right to me and blame my career for not allowing me to meet a lot of women.

Massive_Unit · 1 year

My parents know I'm kind of a quiet loser so not really...

taylorm6707 · 1 year

My mom hasn't surprisingly.

PurpleZoombini · 1 year

I don't talk to my parents enough for them to pressure me into anything.

disposableacc12 · 1 year

My mother drops hints from time to time that it would be cool if I met someone, but noone in my family got married before 30. So there's that.

[deleted] · 1 year

My folks ask me about girls all the time. They don't know that the guy I live/argue/fight with isn't technically a roommate.

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