If your parents didn't like your bf/gf...

My parents are very close-minded when it comes to guys. My dad gets to see the worse in men every single day at work, so he basically hates every single guy I come into contact with automatically.

Spoiler:

If you're black, hispanic, have hair longer than the top of your ears, tattoo(s), piercing(s), gay, bi, unemployed, rich, hillbilly, mullet, baggy pants, wife-beater, wear primary/secondary gang colors (even if you don't mean to), Democrat, vegetarian/vegan, too short, too tall, too fat, like rap/hip-hop/R&B, peace & love, seem dumb, and the list goes on... .

My mom is less likely to say that she disagree's with my choice in men, but she doesn't approve of interracial relationships (even though she's 1/4 Cherokee) or my siblings/me dating anyone that is greater/less than a year within our age.

Since all the men interested in me decide to date my friends instead, I never really had to deal with the problem. However, the last few times I did find a guy to date (4 years ago), I decided that it was best not to tell my parents that I was taken unless I plan on spending the rest of my life with him. If they disapprove of it, then I would listen to their reasons of why they disapprove of it and take it into consideration. Unless I see something seriously wrong, I'd probably stay with him because it's up to me to decide what is right for me...and it's really hard to find a straight guy that thinks I'm remotely attractive without one of my friends luring him away.

Originally Posted by McCloud

Well, to to quote my ex, she said the reason her parents didn't like me was because they felt I "couldn't protect her". Now, I'm not a big guy, but I can fight when I need to. Her brother was big, played football. He ended up dying in a car wreck. The reason they felt I couldn't protect her was because I wasn't as big as her brother was. This is all according to her, again.

First of all, I know a lot of shrimpy guys who can kick any knuckle-headed body-builder's butt due to their knowledge of martial arts. I've seen a 200 lb officer take down someone who was about 2-3 times his muscle mass b/c he knew how to wrestle and redirect force. Besides, the really buff guys around this region are more likely to beat their significant others almost to death. I know it's not true in other regions, but here it is a sad fact.

I would love to see if there was any sort of way that you could prove to her parents that you could protect her. Then again, if the excuse of you "not being able to protect her" was fake, then they may see you take down 50 ninja's or so and make up the excuse that they're afraid that you would hurt her. Life is about risk. After all, they let her go to school by herself right? They're not holding her hand as she walks across the street right? If they can trust her to protect herself in the real world, then wouldn't it be better odds having you added to her protection rather than her being alone in the fight? I'm sorry, but this is suppose to be a world of equality, not a world where parents force a guy into becoming the girl's knight in shining armor. You should be her boyfriend, not her bodyguard. If you can help protect her from the baddies in society, then you are very noble, but to not accept someone b/c they think that you can't protect her is just wrong.

Jam it back in, in the dark.