re: 'You people' Discussion Thread | Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy

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frick the parents, they wouldn't be in the relationship, they should have zero input into it.

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Meh. This is about as unrealistic as some sort of prohibition "ruling out" the other way. The most significant people in any long-term relationship are, in order:

1. The children that result from that relationship

2. The parents of those in that relationship

Now, it does vary and perhaps all my close family relationships skew this to a considerable degree, but I cannot imagine how the parents (opinion of the significant other and his/her family) don't factor into it when you're talking about a lifetime of Holidays, dropping the kids at grandparents, shared life events, tragedies, triumphs, etc.

It's just crazy (although I would agree with you that they shouldn't have veto due to bullshite, 19th Century notions about immutable characteristics outside a person's control that has nothing to do with character, integrity, love, value as a human being, etc.)