She and I were classmates in school from 1st to 10th grade. Back then, I didn’t have any feelings for her. I was only friends with girls who were good at studying because all I talked about with girls was academics. But she and I knew each other because we lived on the same street in our village. When I started my diploma, she also chose the diploma path, and that’s when I started realizing she was incredibly beautiful. I began thinking she was out of my league. I tried talking to her a few times, but she was rude back then.
After we completed our diplomas, she joined engineering. But due to financial problems in my family, I stopped studying after my diploma. Later, I applied for a job in the power supply department based on my high school education and got the job in my hometown. After 5 years, we met again at a schoolmate’s wedding. This time, she wasn’t rude. We exchanged numbers. Even after that, I didn’t text her much on WhatsApp. But everything changed when I found her on Instagram. We started chatting as friends, and it went amazingly well we became very close.
After three months, she left her job for personal reasons, so I couldn’t meet her regularly. I would meet her once every 2 to 3 months when she came to the temple. (I should mention one important thing: her family is very strict. They never allowed her to go on school trips or take part in sports activities throughout her student life. She left her job because she used to return home at 7 to 8 p.m., and her family considered that too late for a girl. So, you can understand how strict her parents are.)
After 10 months of chatting, I told her about my feelings. She said she couldn’t love me and that she would only be friends. I took it normally because I already knew from the beginning that this probably wouldn’t work. So, I continued to talk to her as before. Over time, she started to change. She began saying, “Come and talk to my parents when the time comes” (her elder sister needs to get married first), “and if they accept you, I have no problem marrying you.”
We started meeting whenever we had a chance and spent more time together (we had also applied for competitive exams). It’s been two and a half years now. The problem is that we are from different castes, her parents are very strict, and they’re financially a bit better off due to generational wealth. As for me, I have a job in my hometown with a 60k salary and no bad habits like smoking, drinking, or gambling. She knows all my friends who completed engineering with the same branch and I’ve explained everything to her about our future.
She could easily get a job because many of my friends work in that field, and some even own companies. We can lead a stable married life with a solid plan. But still, all she says is, “If my parents agree, I don’t have a problem, but I can’t go against their decision.”
Question: Is she right?
Option 1: Yes
Option 2: No