Dear Prudence,
I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for about a year. He is kind, sweet, understanding, and my best friend. We are both very serious about each other and have discussed potentially getting married in the future. (We are both 29.) However, I have not told him that I am undocumented, or more specifically DACAmented. We share our ethnic heritage however, he is second generation and comes from a solidly middle class family. Both of his parents are educated and one of them even has a master’s degree from Stanford. I, on the other hand, come from a working class family, neither one of my parents finished high school, and we are of mixed status. Although we have met each other’s family, our families have not met yet. I guess my question is twofold: How do I come out to my partner? And how do I get over my fear of rejection?
—Anxious