Age, became the PRIMARY factor, although it’s not stated so bluntly in this one, translated…
My husband’s great aunt is a very optimistic elder, everywhere she goes, there would be, laughter. That day, she’d come to the house to visit with my mother-in-law, and, before she sat down, she’d started crying, this sort of an emotional overflow had, stunned both my mother-in-law and me.
My husband’s great aunt, although has an easy-going temperament, but she’d followed the rules of tradition word for word, her sexist belief is deeply rooted in her, which made her spoil her eldest grandson so; with how his career is taking off, she’d started worrying about his marriage now. And finally, he’d brought a woman home, and told the family of his intentions of marrying her, it’d caused, a revolution of sorts in their family.
Turns out, this bride-to-be is five years older than great aunt’s eldest grandson, but, she has a cute young face, and doesn’t look older than he at all, but my husband’s great aunt was still against it. She felt, that the woman is too old, that she won’t be good enough for her baby grandson. Actually, the woman has a higher education, in fact, she’s more outstanding than his, and yet, toward great aunt’s being against them, they have NO idea of what to do.
After my mother-in-law heard, she’d not known how to console with great aunt, and she’d analyzed to her, how the woman’s older than her grandson, and therefore, is probably more mature, which would reduce the chances of the couple fighting; besides, if it were the elders who were against them, causing this originally good love to go wrong, aren’t they children the ones who will hurt? Although I’d understood how hard it must be, for great auntie to let go of her traditional beliefs, but I can’t still help but sigh on how her stubbornness may cause this originally wonderful thing to turn tragic.
And, isn’t love just, giving the blessings to the children, and wish them happy together?
So here, the AGE became an issue, and, I’m pretty sure, that this elderly woman is worried about how the woman her grandson wanted to marry could NOT have babies, seeing how she’s FIVE years older than her baby grandson, who is an ADULT already! And this, is just the adults, meddling again, in the younger generation’s affairs, and, if this great aunt doesn’t BACK off, then, this originally worthy of celebration event will become, a TOTAL tragedy that’s for sure!