Line #10 PlayingWith/ParentalMarriageVeto


1	'''Basic Trope''': The parents don't approve of the LoveInterest.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice brings Bob over to meet her parents, who act very cold towards him.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice's father chases Bob away with a gun.
5	** [[HonorRelatedAbuse Alice and Bob are killed by Alice's parents]].
6	** Alice is sent by her parents to live with a relative in a foreign country, because they don't want her to see Bob again.
7	** Alice's parents ''hate'' Bob despite never having met him even once.
8	** Alice's parents kidnap Bob and send him to a foreign country to prevent him from ever meeting Alice again.
9	** Alice's parents reject Bob for having a pulse.
10	* '''Downplayed''': Alice's parents would have preferred that she marry Charles instead, but know of other men who are worse than Bob.
11	* '''Justified''':
12	** Alice's parents are [[MalignedMixedMarriage xenophobic]].
13	** Alice's parents are homophobic and her partner is a woman.
14	** Alice's parents already know Bob, and they know he's a terrible person.
15	** Bob is well into his 20s or 30s, while Alice is still in HighSchool.
16	** Bob has [[NoSocialSkills no manners or social skills]].
17	** Alice is still living with her parents, and therefore still subject to their rules and expectations.
18	** Alice's parents want her to remain single.
19	** Alice and Bob are of different social classes.
20	** Bob is sterile, and Alice's parents [[IWantGrandkids want to have grandchildren someday]].
21	** Charles knows (or at least suspects) that Bob is his [[SurpriseIncest son by his mistress]]
22	* '''Inverted''':
23	** [[ObnoxiousInLaws Bob does not like Alice's parents]].
24	** Alice's parents really like Bob, and encourage her to keep seeing him.
25	** Alice and Bob are married. Alice wants to divorce Bob, but her parents don't want to let her.
26	** Alice's daughter, Carol, [[DisappearedDad doesn't want her single mother to marry]], perhaps because she's used to their one-on-one relationship.
27	* '''Subverted''':
28	** When Alice takes Bob to meet her parents, she warns him that they don't like him. However, Alice's parents are very polite to Bob during the visit.
29	** Alice respects her parents' wishes and breaks up with Bob.
30	* '''Double Subverted''':
31	** But once he leaves, they have nothing but bad things to say about him.
32	** [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Alice's new boyfriend David dies]], and Alice gets back with Bob against her parents' wishes.
33	* '''Parodied''': Alice's parents suspect Bob wants to marry their daughter and tell him she's off-limits every time they meet him. Never mind that Bob is ninety years old, happily married for seventy of them, and doesn't know who Alice even is.
34	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice's parents are selective. They like some of her boyfriends, hate others, and want Alice's sister Claire to remain single no matter what.
35	* '''Averted''':
36	** Alice's parents get along with Bob.
37	** Alice's parents have never met Bob.
38	** AliceAndBob are not a couple.
39	* '''Enforced''':
40	** ValuesDissonance.
41	** The author remembers this happening to them.
42	* '''Lampshaded''': "Look, I know you hate Bob, but we're getting married anyway. And there's nothing you can do about it."
43	* '''Invoked''': [[FreakyFashionMildMind Bob]] shows up at Alice's house looking like a punk-rocker or other such "undesirable person", specifically so Alice's parents will hate him.
44	* '''Exploited''': RomanticRunnerUp Charles kills Bob and frames Alice's parents.
45	* '''Defied''':
46	** Alice's parents make an effort to accept Alice's LoveInterests just the way they are, without judging or critiquing them.
47	** Alice [[SelfMadeOrphan murders her parents]]. With them out of the picture, she can marry Bob without hassle.
48	** Alice never lets her parents meet Bob.
49	** Alice and Bob get married anyways, even if they have to elope in order to do so.
50	* '''Discussed''': "Now, I have to warn you, baby, my parents are tough to impress. Maybe we shouldn't visit them until after the wedding."
51	* '''Conversed''': "What the hell does it matter what Mr. and Mrs. Troper think of Bob, as long as he loves Alice? It's Alice's choice, after all."
52	* '''Implied''': AliceAndBob never visit Alice's parents, though they live in the same city.
53	* '''Deconstructed''':
54	** They may be making a rush to judgment, based on Bob's appearance or social class or simply out of concern for Alice.
55	** Alice starts hating her parents for it.
56	** Alice's parents attempt to thwart Alice and Bob's wedding, and are arrested.
57	* '''Reconstructed''':
58	** But Bob proves what a good person he is, and proves his love for Alice. Her parents eventually come to accept him, though they still wish that Alice had gone with Charles.
59	** Alice's parents are arrested for attempting to thwart Alice and Bob's wedding, but have a friend who is still plotting to break them up.
60	* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's father [[JerkAss slams the door in Bob's face]]... Don't worry! [[IronButtmonkey He'll be fine!]]
61	* '''Played For Drama''': Alice suffers HonorRelatedAbuse for getting together with Bob.
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