And they haven't said a thing to me about it, either. I've been waiting for them to mention the actual official impending marriage, but nothing.

I hope for your sake that this remains the case. It is a blessing that your brother was not an only child. He needs his supportive siblings and future family more than ever.

It is outstanding that his future family-in-law sounds so great.

A story not really comparable to PCs case but worth sharing for amusement value.

A friend of mine (a Goan Catholic woman) was marrying a Jewish man. Her mother said she would "never ever ever" attend such a wedding.

My friend had a special wedding invitation printed just for her mother. It said something along these lines: "You are invited to come celebrate that Greg and I will live together and have many children. P.S. if my mother attends, the celebration will include us getting married first." Her mother attended the wedding.

P-C, are you really surprised? I don't even know them and I could figure that they would do that. Do like Raylan would do(Don't shoot) "Me and dead owls don't give two hoots," Horrified is a different matter of course. Just about the time I think I know where to put my own dad's moral limbo stick, it turns out I have to bend a little more.

When's the wedding? We can do a virtual toast in honor of the happy couple.

October 11!

It is outstanding that his future family-in-law sounds so great.

They're all ready to take them in if my dad cuts my brother off financially. I'm really glad. I was also ready to help my brother so he wouldn't have to, you know, drop out of medical school.

P-C, are you really surprised?

Not really. But my brother and FSIL were still taken aback by how volatile the reaction was.

They're all ready to take them in if my dad cuts my brother off financially.

Wow. Seriously good people. That's excellent.

"You are invited to come celebrate that Greg and I will live together and have many children. P.S. if my mother attends, the celebration will include us getting married first."

Love it! My cousin's husband was in medical school when his family disowned him for marrying the Evil Catholic woman. They both worked hard and suffered for many years but he finished. I'm glad they repaired the family relationship, but it took a very long time. My cousin converted to Judaism when they had children and raised her children Jewish. It honestly had nothing to do with his family. It was a decision they made together. Their bunch of kids have married Christian and Jewish spouses, obviously without interference from parents. One of their sons married a doctor and they decided he was the better parent so he quit his job to raise the kids. Homeschooling, cooking, and the whole house-hubby thing. I'm sure his parents independent thinking and strength in the face of controversy helped him be more open minded when making that decision. Still a tough decision for men to make even when it makes sense.

I have a cousin that was being stank about her daughter's wedding. I'm geographically removed--the key comment I remember was "Well, if we're lucky she'll die before the wedding."

That was the cousin, re her daughter.

It's a damned shame the marriage didn't work, because I was rooting for that shit like nobody's business.

Are camel farts particularly rank? Do they crap while they walk? I'm just trying to see the cambulance from many perspectives...

I'm going to a wedding this summer where a Muslim woman is marrying a Baptist guy, with a Jewish woman as officiant. The bride's parents tried to get the groom to convert, but he was pretty firm in his no. As far as I know, the only person not coming to the wedding because of it being interfaith is one of the bride's cousins, and that's because his mother said that he'd be obnoxious at an interfaith wedding, so it was better not to invite him.