What did your parents think?

Mine had long hair and a car which I made him park down the road so mum and dad didn’t know.

My parents always told me my room was there for me when I came to my senses.
I simply adore both my sons in law, they make my daughters so very happy they can do no wrong in my eyes

My mother "sniffed" pointedly in a disapproving way every time she saw my husband from the first time she met him which was marginally better from when she met my first boyfriend and referred to him as the "something" on the doorstep.
She has undermined, disapproved and generally been unkind about my poor DH for the last 27 years so you can imagine my surprise when just before Christmas she suddenly started talking about how lovely he was and how pleased she was that I had met him. It has been a source of amusement to us ever since because he has suddenly become a Saint in her eyes.

Dad really liked him but Mum not keen. That was because he was very sensible & saw her for what she was-selfish & self- obsessed. He & Dad got on really well. Mum moved out!!

They didn't like him and refused to contribute to the wedding or even attend it. My in laws put on the wedding for us and my father in law gave me away. At the time I was terribly upset but time passed and they eventually came to like and respect him. We have now been married 52 years.

They were confused!

From The South - must be Posh

An engineer - they lie under cars don't they?

Actually a graduate eng and software pioneer. But not posh background. They learned to be tolerant.

Neither of my parents liked my first husband - something I only discovered when I left him! Both of them liked the second - which proves their character judgment wasn't that great, but neither lived long enough to see my second divorce.
They both loved my sons though, so they got that right!

My parents liked my first husband - but saw me as a "problem child". That hubby turned out to be an abuser - Mum said that "must be my fault!".
Divorced 9 years later (separated after three).

Haven't asked since - now twice widowed and re-married again. All marriages after that first one were happy. Those that ended in widowhood were fifteen years long. Current marriage now over five years and we are still very happy.
Both parents long since deceased.

My father sadly didn’t meet my husband but he would have liked him a lot I know! They are very alike in some ways. My father comes into my husbands dreams sometimes and there’s always a detail my husband couldn’t know about . Fascinating.

My mother thought the sun shone out of DH's a...... Thought he was perfect (he's not)

My MIL was, I think, always a little wary of me, heaven knows why. She was a bit dotty but could often make cutting remarks.

With an ex they didnt say much to me other than mum thinking his job wasnt good enough, however he knew they didnt like him!!

He was an engineer. When we met he was working at the local mine (yorkshire). Ironically doing the family tree I found that Mums not very distant ancestors worked as miners including a 7 year old ?

She died before I met Mr Riggie. He has a degree and a white collar office based job so she would possibly have approved. However in a former life he was a gold miner so Im not sure how well that would have gone down, even though he was managerial level!!

Liked his company but didn't like the way he treated me. They were right.

They loathed my ex (quite rightly!) and because my mum thought I was a bad judge of character, refused to accept DH2, even though MIL was one of her best friends.

My mum adored mine she seemed to like him more than me at times.Dad was different it took longer as I was a daddies girl and an only child.

My mother in law thought I was a hunchbacked Jewish Cockney. I came from Kent and was VERY nervous. After we married I always tried to keep a free County between us ;)

My parents loved DH, the son they never had, in fact probably a lot more than they cared for me.
DH was very mild mannered and never ever swore in front of my parents.
When our DC were young we had a chance of going to live and work in Canada but mother made such a song and dance that we put our plans on hold.
H & M please note some of us consider our families and give in to pressure

My mother fancied the pants off him but luckily he wasn't interested. Dad offered me money not to marry him, but admitted many years later that I was right, he's been a good husband.

My ex instantly got on with my dad - they had interests in common.
My mum never actually said that she didn't like him, even when we split up, but my ex always maintains that she didn't like him from their first meeting !

My parents really liked my DH right from the start. My DH went to my Dad for advice, as his own father had very strict and Victorian ideas!

My Mum just adored him, Dad was a bit slower, his must protect daughter kind of hung around a bit too long, but eventually mellowed.

My Mother, in fact all my family, loved him instantly.
All down to his gorgeous soft Irish accent.

Didn’t like him as he was a “bloody foreigner ‘ over the years they loved him
More than their own sons .

My Dad didn't like my husband as he thought he was too noisy (Alf had a loud laugh and he used to laugh a lot) and because he drank (Dad was a life long tee totaller). In fact, Dad came back to the house after getting Mum in the car on the day I got married and said' You don't have to marry him, I will go and tell him you've changed your mind?' Mum, mainly because it annoyed Dad so much, used to sing his praises.

I would say despite everything mum liked him as she knitted jumpers for DH. She never knitted anything for her other sil.

As someone who actually wanted to marry me, I think he was regarded as a bit of a curiosity, but the whole family liked him, my father particularly, as DH was in the same regiment as he had been during the war. I don’t think that any of them thought we would last five minutes!