I bet the father acted like a child and the mom put up with him, so it's both parents fault.

Not much of a housemate if he doesn't pay any rent, like you said in another thread recently though?

just curious, what would you do if the parents don't consent?

to answer the original question, it all depends on who you ask.

many people feel we live in a modern world. they are adults and responsible for themselves.

my family still holds to some old fashioned traditions. my mom says if she's a hundred and I'm fifty that doesn't make her any less my mom nor me any less her daughter. so I introduced zippy to her but not in the sense of asking permission.
he and my brother haven't yet met, but that will come whenever it does.

zippy took me to meet his family with his sister as the matriarch of the family. there was some getting to know me kind of questioning, but every one was very welcoming.

Since my philosophy is,

Better dead, than wed...


Meeting parents for consent to marry,
is pretty much pointless.

double edged sword my friend
on one hand it has to be this way
on other hand everyone needs to feel needed


I was the spider killer, the one who took care of kids if they got sick or towed the truck out of ditch when my oldest slid off road when he was 16.
I was one handling the doctor appts, running em back and forth to school plus the visiting with inlaws on families and the annual camp out in the UP each summer


we did stuff together
vacations when he was home
he would take boys skiing or we would all go golfing or bowling

I can remember sitting marriage counseling towards the end hearing him say to the counselor
" I want my wife back like she was at 23"
no he didnt mean young and perky

he meant dependent, innocent and naive
he could not handle strong, independent and wise

Escorts get paid well. It's not about the attention. It's about escorting someone to a high profile event and making them look good, in theory. But in reality, they expect more, as in prostitutes.

I think also Rhode Island, but the point is it is legally confined within certain areas in the US, that is not the same as illegal.

Back to the topic..
Here is a make believe scenario:
What do you call it when a man tells a woman to go and bring home money when he barely works part time and makes.. let's say ...
only $300 per month, and this man says he is too old fashioned to help around the house, help with his child? Would this man be a modern man expecting his wife to work, or would this man be nothing more than a traditional pimp? Is this not what a prostitution-pimp arrangement is all about? There could be many variations such as the man never works at all, but the question is, when a healthy man does not provide the basics, will not help around the home/childcare, and yet expects his wife to do all of this while he hangs out or sits around the house...what does this man resemble the most? I have seen this scenario many times, men exploiting a woman's right to work. Is this not being a pimp?

In many cultures women are valued for being housewives and mothers, and it would be up to her if she wanted to squeeze in some part time work for the benefit of her family in mind. But, it would be a man's honor to provide what's needed for his wife and child at home. This seems to have been replaced with something vulgar in modern society, where the women are now valued for bringing home a paycheck..is this not the prostitution of women?