[unbalanced but fair]

Not that it's mandatory but it's nice to have parents like who you go out with. Also, get both families involved in building the relationship.

Parents should have little to do with their children's relationships. Some advice and support and that's it. Any thing more is a sure fire way to cause a divorce. The meddling mother-in-law joke is based on truth.

This will sound sexist but girls have a shelf life

You're right, it's sexist.

[cyborg]

Women can't have children forever. That's not sexist, it's the truth. America is filled with feminists who wished they got married and had children sooner.

[mlmr]

You're right, it's sexist.

But true.