I’m really especially annoyed these days, I was so happy to bring my girlfriend home to meet my parents, but I didn’t expect to be screwed up by a pet dog!
First, let’s talk about my girlfriend, a 21 year old, good looking, tall, just graduated from college and not yet looking for a job. We met at an alumni party.
Their family is also local, she is the family’s petite daughter, usually ten fingers do not touch the spring water, by parents and brother spoiled like a little princess.
In order to chase this little princess, I have spent a lot of effort, and is to invite her roommates to dinner, and is downstairs to light candles to express their love, which is to hold a beautiful woman.
We have been in love for more than a year, and now she has graduated, I want her not to look for a job, my income is not bad, more than 20,000 yuan a month, in this small municipal city can be considered.
A while back my parents pushed me to bring my girlfriend home to see her, saying they wanted to keep an eye on her for me.
So yesterday I brought my girlfriend home.
My girlfriend usually has nothing to do at home, so she has a pet dog called Huanhuan. When she came out that day, Huanhuan insisted on following her. She thought it was very common to have pet dogs nowadays, and even thought it appeared that she was caring, so she brought Huanhuan up to my house.
At first glance, I thought it was a bit right and advised her not to bring it, but when her mouth curled up in resignation, I immediately surrendered and took Huanhuan back home.
When she opened the door, my mom was shocked by Huanhuan as soon as she opened the door! Huanhuan ran into the house with her feet spread out, and my mom couldn’t even see what my girlfriend looked like before she rushed to whisk Huanhuan away.
We never had pets in our house, and one of the things my parents used to say was, “Those people, they’re so full of it, they can’t even feed people well enough to have cats and dogs.”
I know bad food, my girlfriend rushed to explain to my mom, this is her family’s pet dog, very obedient, said drink to stop running around Huanhuan. Huanhuan returned to the door, my mom red face, a face of anger!
My girlfriend and I were about to change our shoes when my mom suddenly gave the order, “These pets are the last thing we like in our house, so take him back.”
When that came out, my girlfriend couldn’t get her face out of her mouth, glared at me, got angry, hugged Huanhuan and turned around, and I looked at my frosty-faced mom, knowing that this was the end of the line.
I didn’t dare go after my girlfriend and followed my mom into the house.
My mom scolded me, “You’ve been picking and choosing, but this is the only one you’ve found? The first time you meet your parents, you don’t bring any gifts, and even if you are empty-handed, you bring a dog with you! What does that mean? Is our house a place where dogs are allowed?”
Finally, my mom wanted me to break up with my girlfriend! My dad and my mom were totally on the same page and didn’t agree with me being with her either, and said that the girl just didn’t look like she had much of a family upbringing.
You mean it’s just a dog? Why do you have to make such a big deal out of it? I don’t want to break up with my girlfriend, but how do I convince my mom?
First of all, I personally think it’s normal for your parents to react this way!
Your girlfriend really doesn’t know much about manners.
Meeting parents is a serious matter, but she made it look like a casual visit. Even if it’s a casual visit, you have to consider other people’s feelings, and suddenly bringing a dog to someone’s house is really not enough respect for them.
Especially the boyfriend’s parents’ house that he went to, making the elders think that the girl is really too rude.
Usually, when you go to meet your elders, you have to bring some gifts as a sign of respect.
Your girlfriend obviously doesn’t take meeting her parents for the first time very seriously, and she wouldn’t have made such a mess if she had just asked her parents or close friends for a little advice.
Girls to see the prospective in-laws, can be appropriate to buy some gifts, or fruit, or tea and so on to show the heart of the thing, like your girlfriend so empty-handed door, and also bring a dog to scare people, really few and far between.
How can they accept this daughter-in-law-to-be when they don’t give her the respect she deserves the first time she comes to their door?
Your girlfriend has been spoiled since she was a child, and the moment we met, her quality of grooming was revealed. This kind of girl, still lacks growth.
Secondly, you yourself are responsible.
You created this unmanageable scene by not trying your hardest to stop your girlfriend from bringing her pets when you knew your parents didn’t like them.
And your parents must have realized this to strongly disagree with you being together.
Because they think you are ignoring their feelings to please your girlfriend. Then later, if you get married, they worry that you will definitely neglect them for your wife.
From what you said about not wanting your girlfriend to work and being willing to support her yourself, it’s clear that you are more than indulgent with your girlfriend.
But you can indulge her for a while, can guarantee to indulge her for a lifetime? By the time you want her to change, she has been “cultivated” by you to become your dependent, at this time, you want to get rid of it will be very difficult.
Third, do more communication
The reason your parents are so angry is simply that they don’t have your girlfriend’s respect. At this point, you should be the one to coordinate between the two parties.
Can your girlfriend learn to be a gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law? Can your parents understand the hobby of young people owning pets? Can they each take a step back? It all depends on you.
Why don’t you take the heat off the two old men first, and on the other hand, you can try to appease your girlfriend.
Explain this to your girlfriend again, create an opportunity for her to come back to the door again, pay attention to manners, and make it right. Only after accepting her as a person first, can you slowly accept her pets.
I think your parents want you to break up in a moment of anger, and if you really don’t marry her, your parents will eventually be unable to argue with you.
So you’re going to have to work both sides, but you also need their cooperation.
I think your parents might do a better job, after all, you are their son and their hearts go out to you. On the girlfriend’s side, if she truly loves you, she will also make changes because of you.
If your girlfriend is determined not to recognize her own mistakes, then this girlfriend is not worthy of your deep love, it is better to give up before it is too late.
You have to realize that your parents’ eyes for people are much more poisonous than yours!
Only marriages that are blessed by parents will be happy!