Day 165: When Your Mate and Your Parents Are in Conflict
Dear goodness. It seems like everywhere you look, people don't like their in-laws and their in-laws don't like them. Talk about a bunch of outlaws *cue sarcastic drums*.
I can honestly convey my own hopes and prayers for this and it's kind of nice. Granted, I'm not married, I'm a college student and still a teenager, and I'm just not married. But one day, I hope I'll be able to say that 1) I graduated college 2) I'm no longer a teenager and 3) I'm married.
Now, of course, there's a long list of things I'd look for in a spouse (let's start with a sense of humor, some wisdom, and a nice tall-esque height) but the icing on the cake? They treat their family kindly and they treat mine the same way. It'd be even better if my parents were a fan of my man too.
Traditionally, Judaism sees marriage as the child leaving their parents and beginning a new household with their spouse. This means that, according to Judaism, a person's first priority is to their spouse. Of course they are still loyal to their parents, but a person should recognize that the new family they have established with their spouse takes precedence sometimes over their parents' home.
No comments:
Post a Comment