My parents hate my fiance and don’t approve of me marrying him?

Question by Melede77: My parents hate my fiance and don’t approve of me marrying him?
Hello All. I really need some insite on this issue and am very open to any feedback.

I am 21 years old and have been with my boyfriend/fiance for 3 years this September. I started dating him right out of highschool and haven’t had a boyfriend since. Just some background on myself, I graduated college when I was 20 with my 4 year business degree in Hotel Management. Right now I am a front office supervisor making $ 15/hr and able to support myself if I needed to. (I moved back in with my parents to help save money) My fiance is 26 and will be graduated college this December with a degree in Graphic Design. (He started college when he was 21 and I started college when I was 16). Currently he is a movie theater floor manager making $ 10.50/hr and goes to school Mon-Thur. He is also taking training classes at the movie theater to eventually become a booth manager or Asst. GM if he can’t find a graphic design job.

My problem is my parents think he is a loser. Right now he is living with his mom (I live with my parents and don’t pay any rent). Her house got forclosed on so they are renting a house. He pays the utilies and some of the rent. She is 45 years old, twice divorced and has two other sons that don’t give her the time of day.

My parents think at his age he should be more established and better off financially. He didn’t come from a privledged home. His parents never gave him anything and he had to buy everything he’s ever had himself and had to put himself through college. I was lucky and got scholarships, but I still worked full time.

My parents think the only reason he is with me is because he wants to mooch off of me. They think that I will be the breadwinner for the family and he won’t work. My boyfriend is the hardest working person I know. He has held two jobs (except for the last couple months) since I’ve known him! He even got his own business liscense so he could do contracting work on the side and eventually wants to open his own graphics business.

My parents think the marriage won’t last because we grew up very differently. I come from a well off family. My parents have been married for almost 30yrs and I have a Christian background.

My fiance came from a lower income, non educated, broken home. But that is not his fault. In my personal opinion he didn’t have good parents. He moved out when he was 16 and ended up getting arrested when he was 18 and has a criminal record which he is now trying to have expunged. He has only this one incident and has nothing other than speeding tickets on his record. He doesn’t smoke, drink, do drugs, or have any tattoos.

My parents think that he is just using me for money and because I am a hard worker and goal oriented.

I love him because he is good to me. He does his best to make me happy and makes a ton of sacrifices for the relationship. He’s never cheated on me and is always willing to work on the problems in our relationship instead of running away. He makes me happy.

We split everything financially 50/50. When we first started dating he paid for everything but now we split down the middle. He also drives 90% of the time because I hate driving.

My dad thinks that he should always pay for everything and that he should do EVERYTHING for me! My dad does everything for my mom, and her dad did too. My dad told me once that my mom thinks she could do stuff on her own, but she really can’t. Who wants to be like that? My fiance doesn’t have to do everything for me. If I want his advice I ask, but I prefer to, and he lets me, make my own decisions.

For example, we went to Las Vegas and split the trip in half. My dad says he never would’ve invitied my mom to Vegas and made her pay for it. [filtered word]! I wanted to go to Vegas so I paid for it!

I just don’t get where they get these misconceptions from. I don’t give my fiance money. I think the total I’ve loaned him in the 3 years we’ve been together is $ 600. Half of that was for new tires for his car since he drives me around all the time. I rather pay the money than have him in danger on the road. (I also live 100 miles away so he drives to see me and I drive to see him)

Does my fiance sound like a bad person? My mom told me that I’m nothing but a white trash whore the way I live my life. Yes, we lived together for one year, and then I moved away and got a job. When the lease was up on our apartment we stayed at him mom’s house for three months until I got a better job. I sleep with the guy, but we are responsible and careful and I’ve never been pregnant.

They think at my age I should be having fun and dating other people. I don’t want to date other people. The thought of it makes me sick. And being 21 is the best ever! I love being legal…lol. My mom always wanted me to travel the world and says I can’t do that when I am married. I don’t know where she thinks I’m going to get all this money to travel the world wit

Best answer:

Answer by little red rodeo
go with your gut, maybe date for another year before you get married, just to see if he is really serious about continuing with school, maybe wait til he graduates. If you love him, then your parents will LEARN to love him. You are the one that is going to be living with him, not them. I say go for it. Unfortunately parents aren’t always right.

No, he doesn’t sound like a bad person at all.

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