Just some background. Met her at a friend's birthday party almost exactly 2 years from today. Took her out and we instantly clicked. We fell in love soon and she's the most wonderful girl I've ever met in my life. We are really close and comfortable with each other. 

Now I am from South Asia while she's American(Moved here from Europe in the 90s). I completed a dual bachelors degree last May and due to me being on visa it's amazingly hard to find work as well as find a company who sponsors work visas. Although I've been interviewing, companies usually aren't interested in you as soon as you say that you'll need sponsorship. 

I have no plans for further schooling as I have a huge debt as well as I will be in the same situation mentioned above in a couple of years.

Now my family who have been financing me for all these years are getting fed up and they want me move back to my country or to the Middle East where the job market for my major is pretty good and there are good chances I can be hired there. However she doesn't like this idea at all. Although she did ask me that if you want you can go work in the middle east for a year or two, she keeps backtracking to the issue that the LDR won't work. I do have plans for further schooling which I can do in the States again but not sooner than 1 and a half years or so(which she is aware of).

I am stuck in this tight spot where we both don't wanna lose each other. While I am confident I can make the LDR work, she seems reluctant. She has offered to just get married so that I can stay here and it also makes things easier for me employment wise, but both our parents are a bit orthodox when it comes to marrying outside our culture. They do although know about our relationship, but her parents don't know about my visa status, which might be a problem. I don't mind marrying her right now but I don't know how it affects our relationships with our parents in the future when they find out.

Has anyone been in this situation before? What would you guys recommend?
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In a LDR with my girlfriend for 2 years, stuck in a spot where we both don't want to lose each other. Wat
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Just some background. Met her at a friend's birthday party almost exactly 2 years from today. Took her out and we instantly clicked. We fell in love soon and she's the most wonderful girl I've ever met in my life. We are really close and comfortable with each other. 

Now I am from South Asia while she's American(Moved here from Europe in the 90s). I completed a dual bachelors degree last May and due to me being on visa it's amazingly hard to find work as well as find a company who sponsors work visas. Although I've been interviewing, companies usually aren't interested in you as soon as you say that you'll need sponsorship. 

I have no plans for further schooling as I have a huge debt as well as I will be in the same situation mentioned above in a couple of years.

Now my family who have been financing me for all these years are getting fed up and they want me move back to my country or to the Middle East where the job market for my major is pretty good and there are good chances I can be hired there. However she doesn't like this idea at all. Although she did ask me that if you want you can go work in the middle east for a year or two, she keeps backtracking to the issue that the LDR won't work. I do have plans for further schooling which I can do in the States again but not sooner than 1 and a half years or so(which she is aware of).

I am stuck in this tight spot where we both don't wanna lose each other. While I am confident I can make the LDR work, she seems reluctant. She has offered to just get married so that I can stay here and it also makes things easier for me employment wise, but both our parents are a bit orthodox when it comes to marrying outside our culture. They do although know about our relationship, but her parents don't know about my visa status, which might be a problem. I don't mind marrying her right now but I don't know how it affects our relationships with our parents in the future when they find out.

Has anyone been in this situation before? What would you guys recommend?
user
LDR not working out. The option of moving back to my country or to the Middle East is out of the question for
assistant