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Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2012 12:08:41 pm PDT #15816 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I wouldn't be surprised if that is at the root of PC's parents' demand

Well, yeah, I think that's generally why it's simply Not Done in Indian culture, which places a high value on education. As I said, we know a guy who's waiting three years to actually get married.

It's just the latest excuse, though. Apparently they were also saying that he couldn't get married until I do (which, ha, like that's ever going to happen).

It's a tough choice, honestly. Both your argument and David's argument have merit.

Fred Pete - Jun 25, 2012 12:09:22 pm PDT #15817 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I think I'm with GC. Barring a good reason to get married now, I'd say wait until next May. But that's because I'm a believer in education and wouldn't want a marriage to get in the way of a degree.

On the other hand, I wouldn't be inclined to give much weight to the opinion of parents who've treated a future in-law the way P-C's parents have.

§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 12:18:20 pm PDT #15818 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've never had a wedding--what is the likelihood of sensible level-headed people (forgive me PC, I judge him entirely by what you've said in this thread, so I don't know if he has rage spasms and drug binges all the rest of the time) being derailed by a wedding during a degree? Is he missing class for it?

flea - Jun 25, 2012 12:28:46 pm PDT #15819 of 30001
information libertarian

Is it an undergrad degree, or graduate?

I got married the week after I passed my oral exams for the PhD (which were preceded by exams every 2 weeks for 10 weeks). Planning a wedding at the same time as studying for comps actually worked well for me; I could procrastinate from one stressful thing by working on the other.

Which is to say, 21 year old kids I could see waiting. Grad students who are already living together, no big deal.

Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2012 12:34:05 pm PDT #15820 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is it an undergrad degree, or graduate?

Med school.

Grad students who are already living together, no big deal.

Which is what they are. (Well, him.)

flea - Jun 25, 2012 12:36:39 pm PDT #15821 of 30001
information libertarian

Wait, your parents are threatening to disown their about-to-be-a-DOCTOR son? Man. That's like the holy grail, right?

Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2012 12:40:31 pm PDT #15822 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

A Grail tainted with whiteness.

§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 12:40:56 pm PDT #15823 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Holy grails don't marry white women.

Ginger - Jun 25, 2012 12:47:14 pm PDT #15824 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Will he be busier and more stressed right after med school as an intern or whatever?

Amy - Jun 25, 2012 12:47:20 pm PDT #15825 of 30001
Because books.

It's up to your brother in the end, though. Which way is he leaning? Or maybe I should ask, why did they plan the wedding for next May?

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