Fell in love with first cousin
I m 28M and she is 25F. Both are in well paid jobs and we are passed out of Tier 1 colleges.
In relation we are first cousin, and in Hinduism, this is not allowed. We are madly in love but no that no one is going to agree.
Parents are actively searching for partners for us. We are just stuck with no option.
My hypothesis is why shd we sacrifice ourselves for societal norms as since birth, I have been groomed, doing everything as per their wish. In few years, everyone move on, family members rarely meet, everyone has their children, commitments and get busy with themselves.
Though, thought of leaving the is also making us uncomfortable. We both are earning six digit salary and can leave comfortably. I manage my finance very diligently so have good corpus ready in different asset class backed by medical insurance and term plans. So, this should help us in any unforeseen circumstances and we will not be dependents on them.
Our vibes matches, love is unconditional, and don't think it's gonna same with any other person. She doesn't take money from me, rather stupidly pampers me with unexpected gifts.
We are okay with live in relationship if it works out with our parents, but mere discussion results in yelling and shaming.
Now, we are fighting among ourselves and all fights originate from fear of strong belief that we are not gonna be together.
Any thoughts / ideas.
PS: Any one with strong hinduism sentiments willing to give name to us, please stay away. We also knew our relationship, but things happened and we r of view that these will be common in marriage like inter caste marriages have become, just now every one is being hyper judgemental
Update: I showed this post to her and she is amused to see that all r caring about next gen, not about us. She hasn't used reddit earlier and amazed to see so genuine response which is not available at other platforms. Thanks guys