Sorry people that this is off the topic, but W doesn't accept PMs. W, how come?
For the first few months they tried to talk my husband out of it... not because I was American, but because they thought him having a girlfriend (
any girlfriend) would interfer with his schoolwork and just be a distraction. They weren't ugly about it, they were just, you know... being parents. We both spent a lot of time explaining to them that we were very committed to each other and that we were very serious about going to medical school and that education comes first... blah blah blah... once they were convinced that we weren't going to drop out of school or anything crazy like that... they were fine with everything. So 2.5 years later we got married legally with their blessing... and in India they want us to have a "real wedding" in 2005.
I think I just got really lucky. His parents are so awesome. They pray for me at their temple... and e-mail me everytime they know I have an exam or job interview or something... always cheering me on. Honestly, they seem so Jewish to me... all they care about is that I'm loyal to their son and that I plan to be well-educated.
Now I'm not sure how smoothly things would have went if I weren't doing well in college and I wasn't planning on going to medical school. They kinda freaked out when my parents got divorced and my brother got arrested for possession of a weapon... all in one year <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />
But they calmed down and wrote sweetly... "We are so sorry about your troubles...we will pray for you... please don't let this affect your school work."
My mom adores him... she likes Indian guys too... I guess I got it from her.
And nobody cares what my dad thinks because he's a crazy alcoholic.