I am Asian. Our community is tight knit. Our families influence our lives a lot, as well. I am afraid of push back from both our families if I try to call off the engagement and leave. Although I have lived in the US all my life, women in our culture are expected to let go and tolerate male dominance. I have not been raised like that and cannot tolerate such expectations. My family is very supportive/liberal, however his family is rather conservative.

I am also afraid of trying to move on and him pushing back in my life through fake apologies. I was considering a career move that will take me to a new city where he will not be able to locate me and I can start over. However, that will be very difficult as I have a stable job as an attorney and do not want my career to be affected by relationship issues.