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How Different Timeline Expectations Create Relationship Pressure Across Cultures

My Vietnamese girlfriend's parents want us to wait until marriage to live together but we have been together three years and I do not understand why they think I am not serious about her.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing models of relationship progression can make committed partners feel misunderstood by each other's families.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Love Languages Across Cultures?”

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