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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I gave your parents the benefit of the doubt because I know how difficult it can be when a parent is concerned for his/her child. Age and experience dictate that.
I think the jury is in, though.
Assuming you haven't done something really crass to deserve their treatment of you and this situation...
Shame on them. This is their problem, and they're forcing it on you.
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There is a huge difference between being concerned about a child's well-being and future, and just being bigoted or close-minded (sorry for the harsh words). This is the first time I read this, and from Post One I could tell that the latter was fueling the sentiment, and not the former.
Why do I know this? My experience in an interracial relationship (that started out very similarly to AGDs, to the point where I didn't tell my family for almost a year) has given me a little bearing as to why people react the way they do. For my family, they seemed to be more concerned with class issues
than race issues--but those were still there. After a few years, you can really tell what's fueling someone's reaction to your relationship. The only "experience" that can teach you that is having been those shoes for quite some time.
I still don't know what being spoiled has to do with this.
