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Originally Posted by MommyInTraining

Vision Forum is who I blame for my parents not attending my wedding.

I "dishonored" and disobeyed them by marrying the man I believe God wanted me to marry, because he wasn't their pick.

My mom even went so far as to say, "If you don't have your father's blessing, what do you have?" Um, I guessed..."What, a curse?!" And she actually said Yes.

My wedding day was the happiest and saddest day of my life all in one. I still don't look back on it with a lot of fond memories.

Personally, without reading much of anything more than what I experienced, I won't go near them with a ten foot pole.

I had several friends who wanted to marry someone different than their parents chose for them, but ultimately decided to submit and marry the person their father picked. In some cases they met their future spouse only a few times before the wedding.

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I'm sorry your parents responded that way. I know someone else who ended up in that situation too . . . he picked out his own bride and his parents saw that as sin and rebellion, refused to get to know her, attend the wedding, or be involved in their lives afterwards. I don't know if they were involved specifically with VF or not, but they definitely were influenced by patriarchal teachings.