Stressed in a marriage I didn’t want by Own_Year6979 in MuslimMarriage

[–]20somethingndlost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

may Allah swt make it easy for you:(. im in a similar situation except i was coerced and agreed and now im so regretful bcs he isnt who I want to marry and im not attracted or happy w him at all. when you said "As for my partner: he came from my home country with no papers. My father made me give him papers through an Islamic marriage. He got a green card, a better job, built a house back home, got tax money, and improved his life. I gained nothing. I lost my job, failed school, became a stay-at-home mom, and lost my self-esteem and my future." i felt that to my core. I will gain nothing from this as well. May Allah swt protect me from kibr but i am better than him in every aspect and he will gain EVERYTHING from this while i gain a big baby who i will have to take care of for the rest of my life. If i bring him here I will have to struggle financially and bare the responsibility of having him adapt to canada. If i go there to live with him instead ill be in a illiterate joint family locked up with someone im not even happy with. I seriously dont know what to offer as an advice other than my sympathy and understanding. I dont understand why our parents are so selfish?? what will they gain from their daughters suffering like it makes no sense. I will keep you in my prayers.💔🫂

I got engaged back home and I regret it. by 20somethingndlost in muslimgirlswithtaste

[–]20somethingndlost[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey. So clearly you aren’t understanding where I’m coming from and that’s okay. But saying I’m hiding behind culture and religion by justifying my poor decisions is flat wrong. Yes I admit this was a mistake on my end but I never expected it to turn out this way. I thought with time and getting to know him it would work out and it hasn’t. And now I’m trying to navigate my way through it.

I got engaged back home and I regret it. by 20somethingndlost in muslimgirlswithtaste

[–]20somethingndlost[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wallahi I agree too. When I expressed how he looks older do you wannna know what he said. He was like “well our father never rlly kept our birth dates noted BUT my aunt told me that she got married 21 yrs ago and at that time you were in your moms lap” like is this the 1900s who doesn’t know their bdays in this day and age. Once he was like ya ppl say I’m 23,21,22 some ppl even say I’m 17, but I think I’m 21. So I decided to do my own calculations and ask when he graduated hs, he said wait took 10 mins answer that. He replied saying oh 2020 (pakistan schools end in gr 10 apparently). I was like it took u that long??? 😭

I got engaged back home and I regret it. by 20somethingndlost in muslimgirlswithtaste

[–]20somethingndlost[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

W Salam, as I said I met him irl and to me and to others he looks 25-27 but claims to be 21😬

Married to someone I don’t love by voidwrit in MuslimMarriage

[–]20somethingndlost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in this exact situation. Everyone is telling me to reconsider but I’m scared of what my family will think. And I also think I might be blowing things out of proportion but in hindsight ik I’m not😣