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I've been a dating girl that I really do love for about a year now and I've known her for a

little longer. As it's become more serious, I want to be involved in her life and the people

that she loves as possible. Notably, that's her parents and I really respect them as well.

But any efforts I ever seen to make because it does seem like they are very, very close.

I feel very excluded, almost from a sense of elitism and very

dispose of an underdog. I'm sorry, sir. I'm not following this excluded from what?

You are never going to be as close to them as their daughter is.

Oh, I don't doubt that. Not for a second. Well, then what are you talking about

feeling excluded? I don't understand. Any effort that I make in order to get closer to them

is very disposed because I know that they are very important to her and my relationship with

them is important to her and I'm pushed away because of what feels like a-

I'm sorry, pushed away. Give me an example of pushed away.

Hi. Do you want to go out to dinner? No, I'd rather not because that restaurant is really not for us

and you don't really seem to know what we like. Hi, would you like to go XYZ hobby?

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