My partner and I (both 25) are interracial. He met me while he's working abroad on a visa in my home country. But his contract is ending soon and he'll have to leave. We planned to move country together since my family has immigrated elsewhere already. We decided to move to my family's immigrated country, but it was hard for him to find work sponsorships (he tried to find work for almost a year now). Which leaves us the options: we can either get married and move there, or do long distance where I will move there, and he will go somewhere else where he has the right to work.
With marriage, there are plenty of benefits: no visa stress, we can stay together and build our goals and future together.
But still, marriage is a huge commitment. We've known each other for almost 2 years, and it's not a long time. While his parents are quite supportive, mine are more traditional and thinks that we're too young to do it. I was also surprised this marriage talk is happening so soon.
Whereas long distance is so hard and miserable, and if we're separated we might have our own careers going on which makes either side harder to move again, and the endgame of long distance will still be marriage. But also, if we can't even survive long distance, then we wouldn't be fit to get married anyway???
The thing is, I do see myself marrying him in the future. We're superrr compatible and we've lived together for 3 months now, it was so easy and comforting. I do think he's my soulmate and all…
This is such a dilemma for me. Maybe married people here will have some advice?