Thanks all for so many suggestions...I realize that its a personal matter and I wanted to bare my heart out to fellow Nepalis to see their reaction. When things are so heated at home, you just want to hear outside prospective, and I am really thankful to all of you for taking time to respond. I know there will always be unanswered questions as this is not the complete story of my life...just a glimpse. For now, here is what I have decided: I am gonna take a time out. Im not saying yes to my parents or no to my boyfriend, im just taking this time for myself to seriously think. I have seriously thought about this for last 3.5 years as I didnt wanna date anyone without the intention to marry later. That way both me and my bf are on the same page. But its been incredibly hard to think in clear head with opposition coming from all sides of my family. The main problem is his nationality, I have asked them many times if there is something else..and they say no. I do plan to marry my bf in near future but couldnt accept the proposal rightaway...I guess you can assume that if we have taken our relationship infront of our parents, we definitely intended to get married. It was just a bad moment..i think. Anyways, I know he loves me very much so I think he will wait for the right moment and ask me again. We (family and me) decided we needed a break coz this is all we talk about. I sent them to a different city for a week and I am gonna use this time to mull over my next steps. I will put a follow up post after something significant happens (engagement, break-up). Thanks again! TM: which post are you referring to about me being prejudices? I dont remember the guy or his sis-in-law you are referring to but yes, captain haddock told me i was prejudiced coz i asked the owner of kathmandu spice restaurant how he came up with a statistics that said 99% of his customers were non-nepal. I was pointing out that both the times I was there..i saw almost half of the diners as nepali (by their looks and language)...and captain started saying that thats prejudice and racism. I was pointing out to him that identifying a nationality of a person is not being racist..if i say "oh you are not nepali? and you are eating here?' then yeah...but unfortunately, those feelings and word will never come out from me....and captain insisted that the discussion was for 'intellectual' reason..so, whatever! Camoflaged: I will make sure that the wedding doesnt happen in Superbowl weekend, specially if Pats are gonna play....coz im 200% sure I will skip my own wedding to watch football, bad idea..lol. I will do it the weekend after the superbowl? :-)