I have been dating a Greek-Australian girl for the past seven months a I love her to bits. She feels the same way about me but since her family found out they have been giving her a very hard time at home.
She was born in Australia, is the same age as I am (29) and is still living at home. However her Father does seem quite extreme in his views towards marriage outside the Greek community - he has refused to attend weddings of a nephew and a niece of his because they both married Australians. Also, he has been quite outspoken about his views on dating/marriage outside the Greek community.
I would have no problem learning to speek Greek, nor would I mind 'becoming' Orthodox ( I am a pretty lapsed catholic and my girlfriend only attends church once a year at Easter anyway) , but this doesn't seem to be the issue.
My girlfriend reckons that she could put up with the abuse etc. she will get but is afraid that if she tells her Father that we are seeing each other (he knows that we were together but doesn't think that we are still seeing each other) that he will never talk to her again.
Does anyone out there have a similar experience ? And if so how did you resolve it ? How did your parents react and how are they about it now ?
Any advice would be very much appreciated . We are mad about each other and this whole crazy situation is wrecking both our heads .