Dear Naveena:

You were friends with this young man before dating, before the two of you decided on a girlfriend/boyfriend relationship. A gf/bf relationship is considered a sin by your family.

Since they found out about this relationship they are angry and disappointed. When your boyfriend called them to introduce himself, he made that call too late, didn’t he-

In other words, to fit with your parents’ tradition and values, the right order of things would have been that while you and this young man were only friends and nothing else, he would have talked to his parents, then the two sets of parents would have talked about the possibility of marriage between you and this young man. Am I correct?

anita