|
I think that for my sisters, my parents were right. The two oldest girls both had quickie weddings to guys our parents couldn't stand. My step sister ran off to Reno and married her guy because *her* mother did not want him at Thanksgiving. Kind of an over reaction...it turned out he was a total skank and on drugs and they divorced. However she did get my adorable and amazing nephew from all that turmoil so it wasn't all bad. My biological sister was seeing a guy fifteen years older, with an ex wife and a daughter. They called our parents from City Hall and said "be here at 1 we're getting married". He also was a skank, my sister was putting him through seminary and put off going to college for him, and when they separated he stopped going to school. Eight years down the drain. They are both remarried now.
My parents are pretty liberal and are of the school of thought "let them make their own choices and mistakes and support them" which has made me a pretty conservative person. I think it really varies as to what they think they are right about. And most of the time it isn't an issue of right/wrong, but that they have our best interests in mind.
|