PLEASE HELP! My Family is Tribally Prejudiced Towards The Lady I Want To Marry

I’m writing this with a bit of pain and anguish.

First off, let me begin by stating that I’m an Igbo guy mid to late twenties, working in a good company, well-to-do and capable of providing for a family. I’m dating a Yoruba girl who’s also in her early twenties.

We’ve been dating for close to three years now.

I love her, I know her family, and they know me likewise. I’ve always been afraid to approach my family especially my mother because I know that they are (Igbo racists) forgive me for using the word.

… But their belief in the “nothing comes out good of a relationship between the two cultures (Igbos and Yorubas)” is so strong that I’ve been forced to seek out help online.

My Dad is a lawyer while my Mom is a Businesswoman.

Knowing my Dad, I expected him to have an open or liberal mind towards my relationship.

I was surprised to find out otherwise because as this morning, I called the meeting I’ve been dreading, to inform them of my decision to marry my girlfriend.

The tempo started low with me explaining and justifying the need for me to have my relationship with my girlfriend ending with a proposal for marriage.

Well after I spoke, my Dad, to my utmost surprise started illustrating about the clash of the two cultures and the waywardness of the Yorubas as a whole, we ended up having a heated argument as to me defending my girlfriend and her people that my Dad has no right to judge an entire race while citing bad examples.

It didn’t go well with my Mom adding her icing to the tussle of words.

The meeting did not go well this morning.

Do I pray to God to soften their stance towards my girlfriend just because she is Yoruba?

Please what do I do? My girlfriend is really the best person I’ve ever met. I know it sounds cheesy.

I even went as far as telling my mom that my girlfriend is pregnant for me which she is not by the way.

My mom said, well she should bring the baby, and we’ll train the baby but the marriage is a no-go discussion area and I should not even think of introducing my girlfriend to them.

We are all Christians, we attend the same Redeem church both I the girl and her family but my parents have a strong stance towards this just because she is Yoruba.

Please I’m not hoping to stoke a tribal war issue here

Please Help Me.

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