Mom cries when her alternative 24-year-old daughter elopes instead of planning a big traditional wedding, dad gives her a reality check: ‘Why are you surprised? Lynn didn’t want a wedding in the first place!»

Parents should know their kids better than anyone. I wouldn’t expect a mother or a father to be able to predict their kid’s every move, especially in adulthood, but I do expect that when their kid tells their parents who they are, they listen. The mom in this story didn’t do that with her 24-year-old …
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‘Our mother isn’t a robot and is allowed to be sad’: Man gets offended when mom cries about his elopement, brother sets him straight

There is a subsection of our population that sees elopement as an inherently nefarious act done by selfish couples to harm their mothers intentionally. A much larger group understands the desire to elope but is still moderately upset when their children exclude them from the most important day of their lives. If you decide to …
Seguir leyendo ‘Our mother isn’t a robot and is allowed to be sad’: Man gets offended when mom cries about his elopement, brother sets him straight

‘They refuse to acknowledge the marriage’: Parents shun son’s wife because they eloped in Vegas, gets banned from their grandkid’s birthday party until they accept her

Eloping can be a dangerous game. If you decide to marry someone you met approximately three days ago, Kim Kardashian style, at a chapel in Vegas, don’t be surprised if you’re googling «annulment» three days later. That is what most people think of when «eloping» comes to mind, but it’s the exception, not the rule …
Seguir leyendo ‘They refuse to acknowledge the marriage’: Parents shun son’s wife because they eloped in Vegas, gets banned from their grandkid’s birthday party until they accept her