The first time I brought my boyfriend to meet my parents, as we were leaving my mom gave him a 5000-yuan red envelope, and I tearfully suggested breaking up

The first time I brought my boyfriend to meet my parents, as we were leaving my mom gave him a 5,000-yuan red envelope, and once we were outside I tearfully suggested breaking up

I had been dating my boyfriend for many years, and although there were plenty of small squabbles along the way, he always gave in to me. My boyfriend's family is from the countryside, and ever since we started dating he had always felt inferior, saying he felt guilty that he couldn't give me good material conditions right now. But I felt these material things are just objective realities, and as long as we worked hard in the future, I would definitely have a good life with my boyfriend, and I didn't feel there was anything different from other couples.

My boyfriend would secretly save money, just to give me a surprise. He worked very hard, and most of his time was usually spent on work, so we didn't have much time for dates, but he was very attentive and considerate, always thinking of me in every way. When we were together he always found ways to coax me and make me laugh. Recently, I felt we had been dating for several years, our relationship was fairly stable, and I had reached the right age, so I wanted to marry my boyfriend.

Earlier, when my boyfriend and I were dating, he was always busy with work, and along with other things, I had never brought him to meet my parents. After I told him what I was thinking, he agreed too, and he also felt that after dating for so long he should meet my parents. But he was very nervous the whole time, and I could see it. Before going to my home he kept asking this and that, asking what my parents liked, what they didn't like, whether my parents would look down on him, what my parents were like, and a whole lot more. I smiled and reassured him, telling him to relax.

On the day we went to my home, my boyfriend dressed very formally, as if he were going to meet a leader, and he also brought a lot of things for my parents. Right after my mom met my boyfriend, she was very happy, offering him tea and asking after him with great concern, asking where he worked and how his salary was. But when she learned that my boyfriend's family was from the countryside, she suddenly changed her expression and became cold toward him. During the meal she kept a dark face and kept saying how country people eat without any refinement, how country people are so disgusting, and so on. I knew she was saying it for my boyfriend to hear, and I felt terrible inside, and my heart ached for my boyfriend. What I never expected even more was that when my boyfriend was leaving, my mom took out 5000 yuan and gave it to my boyfriend, saying it was money for gifts, and that from then on he should have nothing to do with me. With a family background like his, he still wanted to eat swan meat? She was just trying to get my boyfriend to break up with me. My boyfriend didn't take the money, and then he left.

I was furious and very sad. I chased after my boyfriend, and downstairs I cried, and with tears in my eyes I suggested breaking up to him, saying that the way my mom acted made us both feel humiliated, and that my mom had gone too far. My boyfriend probably guessed what I meant. He said he wouldn't break up with me. He had already expected there could be such a bad outcome, but he had never thought of breaking up, because he loved me, so he would hold on, and he hoped I would hold on together with him. Even though he was very poor now, he wouldn't stay poor forever. He would make himself better and strive to win my mom's approval. After hearing that, I was deeply moved and also very happy, feeling I had found a man I could entrust my whole life to.

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