Does your family pressure you to get into a relationship?

[yam]

Do you feel pressure from your family to be in a relationship & get married ?

 

[morse86]

Paul had a gift. Too many people today think they have that same gift, they don't.

Here is a biblical sermon from a pastor who has actually read the bible cover to cover more than 30 times:

 

[CodyFaith]

Do you feel pressure from your family to be in a relationship & get married ?

Myself, not really. While my family does want these things for me, they don't pressure because they know a healthy boundary. But if anyone does feel pressured, they should not let pressure influence their decisions. You should not settle for someone who is less than what God wants for you because of parental pressure (or any other pressure for that matter), nor should you settle for someone you do not like/love or are not attracted to because of these external pressures.

Fear/threats is not of God. And you should let the knowledge of that help guide your choices.

 

[Pádraigín Ní Saorlaith]

Do you feel pressure from your family to be in a relationship & get married ?

Mostly from my maternal grandmother.

 

[Andrew77]

Do you feel pressure from your family to be in a relationship & get married ?

Sure. I think that is normal, and natural that parents want their kids to find a spouse, and build a family..... you know... like they did... which is why we are here.

I do not think that is a bad thing that they push their children to settle down and have a family.

I also don't see a problem with staying single. Although I don't blow it up to be a blessing either. There is no 'blessing' in being single. I don't know why people say that, but whatever.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

sometimes my brother does but I just ignore him.

 

[ProGoddess]

In countries like China, Japan and India, parents (or grandparents) still practice matchmaking or arranged marriages for their children. Particularly in Indian culture, most people find their spouses through matchmaking and individuals who choose love-marriages are usually not supported by their family. Sometimes, these couples can be shunted out or even disowned by their family.

Nowadays, in view of people being more modernized, many parents have given some leeway to loosen the tension by allowing their children to socialize first before they decide to get married. Matchmaking still continues to practise, except that the children have the choice to reject the other party's proposal. If such proposal does not get through, matchmakers will find another one. These matchmakers may not be necessarily be outsiders, they can be relatives from the same village, or from the similar caste system.

Sometimes people around may make you feel pressurized or give you a different look when they know that you are old enough to be married but not married yet, a good respond is to just smile and let their words or look go. If you take it too hard, you will only feel more pressurizing. Getting into a relationship is not like an one night event.

Besides the pressure from others, one thing you need to ask yourself - do you even want to get into a relationship in the first place?

 

[.Mikha'el.]

no

 

[kittysbecute]

Do you feel pressure from your family to be in a relationship & get married ?

Fortunately they never have. I’ve heard that some people are pressured to though. I guess it depends on your family.

 

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[WileyCoyote]

No pressure here.