Her voice shook as she accused me of “abandoning my family.”
I didn’t yell. I didn’t argue. I told her the truth.
They abandoned me first when they decided my partner wasn’t worthy of sitting at their table. Now my siblings are siding with her. They all say I’m being selfish.
But I don’t see this as choosing between my family and my future wife. I see it as choosing dignity. Choosing love.
Choosing the person who stands beside me every single day. I will spend Christmas with the person who makes me happy. If they can’t accept that, then that’s their problem—not mine.
Still, my girlfriend worries that I might be going too far. That maybe I’m being too harsh. So now I’m left wondering—am I crossing a line?
Or am I finally drawing one where it should have been drawn years ago?
