Pretentious parents demand son end his relationship over social status and gossip about in-laws: ‘I am starting to worry it impacts our wedding plan. I would have no choice but to tell my partner why my parents are acting different’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Mar 11, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Falling in love should be a joyous affair, but as it turns out, that's not the case if you're lucky enough to be born to some families. Families who see love as less about romance and more about ensuring no one tarnishes the family crest. Forget feelings; ancestry is what really matters. Love? Compatibility? A shared Netflix queue? All irrelevant in the eyes of parents who see their child's relationship as a threat to the dynasty. Some families act like they're guarding the bloodline of a medieval kingdom, where choosing the wrong partner might result in a neighboring duke declaring war.  

To parents like these, gossip is like gold, so they sift through every whispered rumor in search of the ultimate scandal to justify their disapproval. The partner's family isn't on the same social level. Their financial status isn't up to par. Horror stories from the "community" paint a picture of commoners who dare attempt to mingle with the aristocracy. 

The outrage is palpable. How could their beloved prince or princess risk their future with a family of mere peasants?

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  • One lover is currently navigating this high-society nightmare. Their parents, horrified by tales of infidelity and whispered greed, insist they cut ties immediately, lest their pristine reputation be sullied by association. After all, what if the neighbors find out. Now juggling true love and a family meltdown.

  • "My parents are asking me to breakup because of the in-law"

    "They are not bad financially, but just not on a same level"
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  • Basically, as me (27) and my SO (24) progress. our parents started to get to know each other.
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  • first visit was okay, but my parents started to ask around the kind of people they are in the community (my parents are well established in community, so
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  • when they started to mention that their kid is getting serious with someone, people ask, talk and started to call them and feeding all these insane gossip)
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  • My parents went into this shock and begged me to break up.
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  • Basically, apparently the dad cheated on the mum a lot, and was known to have some gf outside.
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  • Mum was apparently money driven and very greedy.
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  • Gossip from the gated community

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  • there's a whole lot of stories my parents got from the community, and apparently up to 10 people all said to stay away from this family.
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  • I am a little bit emotionally exhausted to type right now, but Jesus...
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  • this is not like something i can discuss with my SO, as this is going to break the camel's back for sure.
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  • Yea i am very much in favor of checking it out, make an informed decision;
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  • The issue is, i am from quite a well off family, so the likelihood of MIL causing drama over money is relatively high. They are not bad financially, but just not on a same level.
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  • Another insane gossip, one of the MIL's daughter is divorced, but the granddaughter is with the male's side family. Apparently
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  • MIL forced her daughter traded her in with some of of money/deal....quite an extreme gossip to be telling other people
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  • I haven't seen the evidence myself yet, if i did, i think i would have a long and hard think.
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  • My family is quite established within the community, so part of the reason now is my parents don't want to be seen as IL with "people like them"
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  • its a tough one, me and my SO are very much in-love and i can never say this to my SO.
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  • I am also starting to worry, this is going to impact our future wedding plan, then i would have no choice but to tell my SO why my parents are acting all different all of a sudden...,
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  • Rare_Sugar_7927 Well, your gf isn't her family, and you aren't yours. What do you personally think of the in-laws? What does she think of them?
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  • Your family don't seem like that great either asking for rumors and other people's opinions rather than going by how their own interactions went.
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  • FearlessProblem6881 First of all, you are not married yet, they are not your in-laws. And lastly, if the community opinion of you and community gossip is more important to you than your actual relationship with
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  • your SO, then just break up already. Honestly, if I were your SO, I wouldn't want to be associated such a gossipy, shallow family.
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  • helikasp From your comments rather than your parents alone causing a snobby fuss it actually sounds like you believe that your parents are right and that your "well respected established family" shouldn't be disturbed by her family's "rumors."
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  • If you can't discuss it with your SO on the literal paper thin excuse of being too in love to be serious you don't have any business getting married anyway
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