Would you stay with your s/o if your close family didn't like them?

yup i would. not even a second thought

Yes! Your family can’t live your life.

Yes. I am not very close to my family. My family have never played a big part in my life. If I had to choose between them and my partner I’d pick him.

Yes of course, my family can go get stuffed if they don’t like my girlfriend. I love her and my family can’t and wont change that.

Most definately. Im living with him and love hime, not them and dont need their approval!!

100% yes, my fam dosn’t really like my man but I like him more than I like them, he has been there 4 me and they have not :)

Yes. It’s not my family’s relationship, it’s mine.

yes

Absolutely. I chose my s/o. I didn’t choose my family.

I’m doing it now.

Absolutely. Family has no right to dictate who someone should be in a relationship with. While their opinions and thoughts should be taken into consideration what’s more important is you and your thoughts/happiness.

Yes.My family never had any say so in who I’m with :)

If we are talking about my current SO then yes, I would stay with him because I know he is a good person and I love him very much, He has also neer given me any reason to doubt that he is a good person so I would see no reason for my family to dislike him. However, if we are talking hypothetically here then I don’t know. It would depends on why my family didn’t like him and if there was something they knew that I didn’t (in which case I would hope they would tell me).

I would certainly listen to what I had to say but make it quite clear to them that I was the one to make te ultimate decision and if I decided to stay with said SO then they are to keep their opinions to themselves.

Yes, I have in the past, and would do it all over again. After all, I’m the one who would have to live with the person, so my compatibility with the SO takes precedence over their opinion. Of course, it is nice to have our family’s support on these issues, but that isn’t always possible.

Yes, I belive so, and I hope everybody else do as wll…
But offcource as said, listening to your family about they opinions is important to iron out a lot of problems in the start.

Funny reading these responses how many people read it as “If your family didn’t like them and they TOLD YOU TO LEAVE HIM/HER would you?”

Your family may not like someone you’re with. And yes, when that’s happened, it carries weight with me. But it would never be the sole factor in a decision and I don’t think it’s ever been the tipping point.

That being said, a family’s support is important to staying together. And they don’t need to like that other person to accept and even encourage the relationship. I’ve seen that in my own family.

So it’s hard to imagine anyone answering yes to the question the way it’s written. And there are a whole lot of people out there who would be with the wrong person out of spite toward their family. But clearly the best situation is one where we all just get along.

When I dated someone black, they didn’t like it
When I dated a woman, they didn’t like it
When I was in a polyamorous arrangement with two men, they didn’t like it
When I left my first husband, they didn’t like it
I don’t do too many things they like and I don’t give too many shits about it
They like my kids though