my husband is literally perfect. handsome, smart, a doctor, volunteers providing therapy and psychiatric services to victims of abuse from low income families, polite, respectful, helpful, charming, etc. and this isn't just my love for him clouding it, everyone loves this man. except my parents, because no one will ever be good enough for their baby. they also hate my brother's wife and my sister's boyfriend. when they talk about our spouses it sounds like they're listing nazi war crimes ('sure ben loaded the dishwasher, but he put my plastic spoon on the bottom shelf and it could have MELTED'). my husband is white, my parents are not, and that's also a factor. my sister's boyfriend is black, so you can imagine how that goes. we all accept this and don't try to change our parents' minds. it can be annoying at times, but i just told my husband, 'my parents are spazzes, don't take it personally' and he doesn't. we mostly think it's funny. we also would never abandon our families because an SO was so sensitive!