Greetings! I am glad to have this platform to help. I have been dating a European guy for 8+ years now and I adore him. We do not live together but he bought me a house a year ago and pays the mortgage. I am divorced with kids and he is a great provider for us both emotionally and financially. The issue is, I was married to an extremely abusive man and now I have the exact opposite, an extremely introverted and passive man. We never argue, we hardly ever see each other although we talk every day, and his parents do not know we are dating because they want him to date and marry someone from his culture and religion, and he is afraid to tell them about me. He says they will not accept me as he went through a really tough time with his ex and his family. I am having a lot of anxiety lately due to this feeling of being stuck. Every time I bring up moving forward he just says "it's tough" and that's it. We have broken-up in the past but because we are best friends, we wind up getting back together. Any advice?