I’m in love with someone but I’m dating someone else. The man I’m in love with also loves me but because of cultural differences, we can’t be together. His family won’t accept me and he won’t go against them.
Originally, when we started seeing each other, he told me that nothing would ever come of it. We were just having fun, he would eventually have an arranged marriage, and he needed me to understand that. And I accepted those terms. I hadn’t dated anyone in 3 years so that seemed fine with me. Of course, I did end up liking him, so I stopped seeing him and started dating my current boyfriend. After a few months he came back and he broke the rules and confessed his love for me. I never told my boyfriend, for obvious reasons.
So now he wants one week together before he settles in a marriage, and I don’t know what to do. I do love him, much more than my boyfriend, but I know this has no future beyond that week.
Do I give up my boyfriend, who has expressed a desire to have a future with me and would provide a secure and stable future, for a week of basically pure adultery? I should also mention that I am not an attractive female; I’m fat, don’t wear makeup, and I have a cat, so not very many prospects out there.
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