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I am currently facing a situation where I don't know what to do. My family has been toxic throughout my life and has not allowed me any privacy growing up, which already takes its toll. I had to sneak around and date once I reached college because of how crazy my family was about it, to the point my serious 4-year relationship ended over it. Now, I have gotten serious with a guy (engaged), and my family disapproves of him because of his financial status (he doesn't make enough) and thinks he's abusive/disrespectful towards them and me. For example, my mom claims he's disrespectful because he hung up the phone on her while she was speaking. But she purposely interrupted my phone call with him, knowing that got him mad since we were trying to spend time together.

I lived with him (7 hours away from family) for a couple of months before my family got involved. My sister came saying that my mom wasn't doing well health-wise, and I had to leave to visit/take care of her. My partner didn't want me to go, but I didn't want to leave my family hanging, so I left. I came to find out that they planned to keep me here from June (when my sister came) to September/October for a "ceremony" where they could do their rites of passage before marriage. Still, I'm not confident they will actually do that with the way they all have been behaving about it as it's getting closer to time.

However, my partner has his quirks and isn't perfect. He does have trust issues because his last girlfriend cheated on him, so he fought over looking through my phone a couple of times in the past, but that's gotten resolved like other issues we had before. He marches to the beat of his drum, so he'll tell people if he doesn't think something is right according to his morals.

I don't want to compromise my relationship with my family, but I'm afraid that'll happen regardless. I understand my family's concerns about him, but he's not the bad person they portray him as. Help.

Astrology is complete balderdash, but...

According to astrology, this is what your personality should be like. Is it accurate or not?

Aries (March 21 - April 20): Adventurous, energetic, pioneering, courageous, enthusiastic, confident, dynamic, quick-witted, selfish, and impulsive.
Taurus (April 21 - May 21): Patient, reliable, warmhearted, loving, persistent, determined, placid, security-loving, jealous, and possessive.
Gemini (May 22 - June 21): Adaptable, versatile, communicative, witty, intellectual, eloquent, youthful, lively, nervous, and tense.
Cancer (June 22 - July 22): Emotional, loving, intuitive, imaginative, shrewd, cautious, protective, sympathetic, changeable, and moody.
Leo (July 23 - August 22): Generous, warmhearted, creative, enthusiastic, broad-minded, expansive, faithful, loving, pompous, and patronizing.
Virgo (August 23 - September 22): Modest, shy, meticulous, reliable, practical, diligent, intelligent, analytical, fussy, and perfectionistic.
Libra (September 23 - October 22): Diplomatic, urbane, romantic, charming, easygoing, sociable, idealistic, peaceable, indecisive, and changeable.
Scorpio (October 23 - November 21): Determined, forceful, emotional, intuitive, passionate, exciting, magnetic, jealous, and resentful.
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21): Optimistic, freedom-loving, jovial, good-humored, honest, straightforward, intellectual, philosophical, blindly optimistic, and careless.
Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): Practical, prudent, ambitious, disciplined, patient, careful, humorous, reserved, pessimistic, and fatalistic.
Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): Friendly, humanitarian, honest, loyal, original, inventive, independent, intellectual, intractable, and unpredictable.
Pisces (February 19 - March 20): Imaginative, sensitive, compassionate, kind, selfless, unworldly, intuitive, sympathetic, escapist, and idealistic.