Would you try to stop your child from marrying someone who never went to college?

Question

What if the person they were marrying barely made $15,000 per year?

What about $25,000?

Answer 1

YES I would do anything possible to wake her up.
I am not buying the speech about money not being important...yes money is important! You need it to feed yourself and put a roof over your head. Romanticism goes away very fast when collectors are ringing your phone and knocking at your door!

Answer 2

How old is your child? Has your child lived on his/her own?
Are they self supporting with cash in the bank? Do they know how to budget, etc? Do they know the value of a dollar?
If all those things are in place, then it really isn't your place
to say who will make them happy. And it's hard I know, because I have watched my kids make some mistakes in whom they have chosen to date. The more you object to a possible marriage, the more determined your child will become. Try to be supportive with the wedding plans,
and be happy for your child. Maybe with a long enough engagement, they will figure out if it isn't a good match. Money isn't everything, but it helps.

Answer 3

It depends on the person. A lot of very successful people have made it through without college. My husband never went and he owns his own business making over 100 grand a year.

Answer 4

Many of the millionaire's in the world today never went to college. Steve Jobs (CEO APPLE) only went one semester, and Bill Gates left college in his Junior year. It depends on the person and his goals, his character and his motivations.

Instead of focusing on what he makes now, try learning about what he might be working towards!

Answer 5

NO! The more you try to stop it the quicker it will happen. Why on earth people let money run there lives is beyond me. What does it matter what this person makes as long as they love this person and wants to make this person happy. My advice stay out of it.

Answer 6

anyone that prefers money over true love and happiness is superficial and shallow. This is knowledge that people have tried to share through many different means ranging from books, movies, studies, and more.

Aside from that, why don't you go Google search the success stories of people who've started out at low income and turned rich... even those that haven't gone to college.

Alternatively, maybe your child will encourage her to go to a post-secondary institution.

Answer 7

I would be more concerned with how he treats her than how much money he makes. If he treats her well, she will be much happier as a poor wife then a rich wife who is abused. Is he responsible? Does he live within his means? Those are more important questions than how much money he makes or if he went to college.

Answer 8

Do you know how you sound i bet you voted for Bush. You are not the one who will be marring that person and you are not the one who will be living with that person .If he/she is happy that's all that matters you should be happy for them because you know it won't last not on what he or she makes sorry to say.

Answer 9

If they love this person you need to leave it alone. Especially if this person is good to your child. Let them be happy. Are they asking you for money or to help support them?

Answer 10

how dare you !!! who gives you the right to tell your kids who to fall in love with ....no one !....its just plain rude , now if they were marrying a rapist or a basher that would be different but just because they only earn so much money per year ... well your a snob!!!, if I was your kid I would get married, have kids and stop YOU from seeing them ... that would fix you right up !...bloody snob!