Dear Queenie,
My parents got divorced when I was about 15. Now I’m almost 25 and I finished college with a Master’s degree and I have a good job and I’ve been together with my girlfriend since college and we plan to get married.
My problem is that my parents are against us getting married because they think it’s stupid because most people don’t get married these days, they just live together.
Queenie, I don’t want to go against my parents, but I do want to get officially married. How can I convince them it’s the right thing to do?—Son of divorced parents
Dear Son,
The fact is that more people who have graduated college are getting married these days than those who have only (or have not even) finished high school – and the college graduates’ marriages have a greater success rate than those with less education.
You may not be able to convince your parents to agree with what you want to do, but you are grown up and on your own and presumably mature enough to make your own decision on such an important matter.
I wish happiness for you and your fiancée.
