You have to realize that her blood relatives are also her best friends.
You have to understand that they matter to her more than anyone else.
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Updated 8 years ago,July 27, 2017
You have to consider her family your family.
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You have to treat them as well as you treat her.
You have to get used to having them as a permanent part of your life.
They have a lifelong bond that could never be severed.
You have to agree to take her parents out to dinner and hit the bars with her cousins.
You have to listen close as she flips through photographs and explains who each person is.
You have to actually care about her history, because it matters so much to her.
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When you date a girl who is close to her family, there are unspoken rules.
You cant get sloppy drunk in front of her grandparents.
You cant fight with her in front of an audience.
You cant expect her to pick between you and anyone from her childhood.
And youre not allowed to say anything bad about her family members.
It doesnt matter if she spends an hour complaining about one of them.
When you date a girl who is close to her family, you might have to make sacrifices.
You might have to fly back to her hometown during every major holiday.
When you date a girl who is close to her family, you have to expect occasional interrogations.
Its not that her relatives dont like you.
They just want what is best for her.
They think she deserves someone whospoilsher rotten.
If they get the idea that youre going to hurt her, then they wont want you around anymore.
Theyll be happy to let you into their circle.
Theyll be proud to say youre one of them.
Someone with so much love to give.
Someone you would be lucky to love forever.
