my parents and relatives have been lecturing me nonstop about how i'm too good for my boyfriend, he doesn't deserve me, and that i will realize my mistake in dating him later in life (i'm 18 now). deep down, i know that they're right in saying i'm too good for him but i truly truly truly love him and i know for sure that he truly truly truly loves me.
it would hurt him so much if i broke up with him and it would hurt me... especially because i just think that even though i can find someone with better credentials (career, money, education, status, etc.), i may never find someone i love so much and who loves me back just as much.
it's just that i spent this entire summer listening to my family say i'm an idiot for dating him, i have bad taste in men, and it's getting too much... i go back to college soon but i can't fully escape from my family and if i have to hear this from them my entire life, i just don't think i can deal. and they keep saying everyone will judge me for being with him... blah blah blah
any suggestions?