None of their friends think there are any red flags with them being together, but she has still kept it a complete secret from her family.
Her mom and dad do know that she has a preference for guys who are older than she is, and she thinks her parents would come around to her boyfriend if he had been someone she found on a dating platform, but that’s not the case.
As soon as her parents meet her boyfriend (or rather if that ever happens) they will instantly recognize him as her high school teacher as they met him back then.
She’s really hung up on when to tell her parents about her secret, or how she can break the news to them knowing that there’s going to be some fallout and they will make her pick between them or her boyfriend.
On one hand, she doesn’t want to hurt her family or cause problems between them, and on the other, she’s sick of having to keep her boyfriend one big secret.
“I want to move in with him but I don’t want to sacrifice my relationship with my family by doing that,” she said.
She has considered keeping her living situation vague and just telling her parents that she’s getting her own place in lieu of moving home, but they will insist on coming to see it, and then they will inadvertently find out about her boyfriend that way.
She’s leaning towards that not really being the best solution to this after all, and that it’s probably best to rip the bandaid off.
“I’ve been thinking about it more and I think I need to put my happiness first and just tell them soon,” she added.
“Eventually, they will have to get over it, and if they don’t that says more about them than it does about me.”
Do you think it’s time for her to just face the music and hope her mom and dad are understanding of her relationship?