A professional businessman has been barred from his girlfriend's family home by parents who have never met him, despite his qualifications and respectable career. The parents have decided they disapprove of him, calling him a threat, a heartbreaker, and a crook, and have told their daughter not to bring him around.
Unfair Judgments and Rejected Peace Offerings
The man, who describes himself as a professional with letters after his name, says the accusations are untrue. He notes that his last two girlfriends left him, and that his current girlfriend pursued him, booking their first hotel night and seducing him. The parents have rejected every peace offering he has extended, including meeting on neutral ground.
His girlfriend's mother even sent him a text suggesting he leave her daughter alone. Despite this, his girlfriend seems to see through her parents and believe him, but he worries about the influence her friends and family have over her. Recently, she made him hide under a table at a restaurant to avoid being seen by old school friends, later apologizing and saying she was 'caught on the hop'.
Advice to Walk Away
Agony aunt Jane O'Gorman advises the man to stop trying to impress these people, as they have no right to an opinion about him without meeting him. She says they are stuck in a prejudiced rut and will never accept him. She tells him to tell his girlfriend he is no longer playing their game and to walk away and find better people who deserve him.
