Is leaving love over career and family the right decision ?

Dating & Relationships [Wed/Fri]

I need to say this out somewhere.

And I do need some suggestions .

So I f24 and him m22 used to be best friends. Later on I had feelings.

We are not dating.

We just agreed to ask our family as we both are very family oriented.

Now I had a convo with my sister and after I gave it a thought I realised I should step back due to these specific reasons :

  1. His family is neither patriarchal nor modern.

  2. He comes from a broken family with only a grandmother and father. ( He carries a lot of emotional trauma )

  3. His family is quite religious + a little conservative ( I have some deep trauma related to religious stuff including nightmares rarely) I'm getting better though.

  4. He is not financially stable yet, ofc he is only child and young yet. But the issue is my Family isn't financially well. I support them sometimes and I'm already working full time to support my career.

  5. And major reason : Even if we marry 2 yrs later, I have to tell my family rn and he is considering the same which meant for next 1-2 yrs my focus will be on this situation and how to convince my parents instead of building a career. And all this while working full time.

This will just delay my dream and even if I don't regret it but I wonder if I should be true to myself, my dreams or be with him...

He is supportive, understandable, loving and someone who will always be there. I know his traits . He'll be loyal as well. He knew the trauma I have from sexual abuse.

But again I'm feeling guilty and also I'm feeling sad for leaving him even though we both decided if family won't agree we won't proceed. We were never dating either.

Maybe I'm just missing the future I can have with him.

So I'm just wondering if I'm right to not marry him because of family, financial situations and lack of time to pursue my career and how important are these when coming to Indian marriages??

Posted Jul 29, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC

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