Dear Thelma: I am torn between my mum and the love of my life


By THELMA

I'm 31 and she's 29. We are a mixed-race couple (she's Iban and Chinese, and I'm Chinese). We have been together for two years.

I live with my mum, I lost my dad six years ago, and my younger brother is working abroad.

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