No, that is not what Southern parents want. That's just the setup. The very second, you're back from the honeymoon, actually sooner, they start asking "when are you going to give us some grandkids?"
I am from New York and moved to Arkansas (do I count as a Southerner now? Its been 5 years now) and both my wife and I's families asked when we were having kids... LOL That was before we were married... We been married for 12 years lol
Ah the southern parents obsession with marriage and grandkids. Truly a sight to behold. It was crazy the day my elder brother announced he’d proposed. You’d have thought my folks saw the face of God telling them they did a good job.
Or how about after one of your siblings gets married and has kids everyone starts asking when it's your turn. Don't you want to get married? Don't you want kids?
@@stevenalexander4721: Think of it this way, if your family didn't love you they likely wouldn't care whether or not you got married or had kids. Even with all of the pitfalls, marriage and kids still represent happiness and fulfillment to most people. We, humans, are hardwired to ¨couple¨ and to procreate. Not every single one of us, but most.
So. Accurate. I remember when my cousin was dating his soon-to-be wife and he wanted her to come to a family timeshare and my aunt said “she has has ZERO status in this family until you put a ring on it. Dont you string that poor girl along!!”
Man. That's...brutally honest coming from your aunt, but on the other hand, kudos to her for not allowing her to get stuck on a family timeshare without the cousin being serious about marrying her.
This is totally true. I am my father's only child-his only chance for grandchildren. He keeps asking me when I'm going to get married. On my 36th birthday he advised me to freeze my eggs. I'm also the first and only physician in the family. He says, "I'm so proud of you...when are you going to make me a grandfather?" Lord-a-mercy
Yikes... what if it turns out you can't have kids 🥴 or that you don't want any. I'm lucky enough to have two older sisters who already have kids, so I don't get any pressure at all.
I never understood the paramount importance of a daughter having kids. It´s not like they can carry on the family name. Don´t get me wrong, I´d kill for my daughter´s kids, but ya know, there's that pesky name thing. LOL!
@@jaelge I mean they can. As the the only one in my family with my grandfather last name. I will never change my last name even when I get married , so one of my kids can pass it on.
@@jaelgeWHAT pesky name thing? I'm Leigh Williams. Girl Twin is Leah Williams. Husband is Michael Stephens. Boy Twin is Charles Williams Stephens (my father's name). Leah is married to Garrett Gage, my precious son-in-heart, and expecting our first grandchild, Roger Michael Gage. If a girl, Lucinda Leigh Williams. I'm not seeing a pesky name problem here.
When my husband and I decided to get married, we realized we didn't want a big wedding, and would be happier with a justice of the peace and a simple ceremony. My soon-to-be husband ran into my mother at Wal-Mart. She was buying all of the taper candles in our "color" that she could find. He didn't have the heart to tell her we weren't having a traditional wedding. 😂 I just threw out the last of those candles not too long ago... we've been married 30 years. 🤣🤣🤣
My daughter had just a Justice of the Peace wedding during covid. I threw her a garden party in our yard because if I didn't do anything for the couple, people would think her father and I didn't approve of the groom. We wanted to go bigger but that was all daughter would let us do.
Me: "I just cured cancer while in outer space on a space shuttle, made $20 billion in profits at my company, solved world peace, got engaged, won the Super Bowl, ended world hunger, bench pressed an aircraft carrier for a world record, etc." Southern Mom: "You're getting married?!?!"
oH yeah you have no idea, My ex mother in law, was so extreme, she didn't understand what boundaries are. I love this channel and wish EX-MIL was, had been more like, somewhere closer to this type of Southern lady. But unfortunately she was toxic and interfering beyond redemption. I've got stories, all truthful and no need to embellish, you would just not believe me...
@@emerencespringer Took the kid without permission? Tried to circumcise the kid without permission? Did get the kid baptized at her church without permission? Made up stories about my brother in attempt to convince the state to give her custody? I was lucky my MIL has never spoken to me as she disowned her daughter before I even met her but my brother went through some stuff after his son was born.
@@melindaunknown6411 ... I've been told for years that I should write a book about everything... It's been long enough for most of those involved are no longer here to sue or object and after I get through a few things I've got in the works right now, it's going to be my next project. Because it's going to need to be series... Fiction based on real events, because no one would believe that it all truthfully, actually happened... It's just that bizarre. And the looks I get from people when I tell them... You would die laughing. Because it's such disbelief... I know this channel is based on humor and embracing the bless your heart in a good way and I love this. Just know that not everyone means it that way and it's taken years if therapy for me to get to the point where I am. My own mum was even more toxic and it's all intertwined and complicated. Which is why it's taken so long for me to even be able to be comfortable with the idea of writing about it. And yes juicy. It's going to have it ALL...
@@KenS1267 ... In nearly exactly the same level, I can relate. Exactly. And I feel your pain as well as for your brother. And with mine also extreme levels of gaslighting. And still mine is even more bizarre. It's just Too much here and not possible to explain and probably not violate terms of TH-cam..
As a southern mom, I can say this matters the least to me when it comes to my kids. A good education and a decent paying job means more to me....so they won't come looking to me for any financial help 😉 😏
They were excited about the marriage. Their heads 'bout exploded with the first grandchild. When we'd go out, my MIL would "just casually" point out adorable bonnets, cute little clothes.... When my husband called to tell his mother her first grandchild was on the way, I could hear screaming from across the room. I thought she was gonna do herself an injury.
Accurate.. and Southern moms will 100% take over the wedding plans.. Bride wants a simple wedding of family and friends? I DON'T THINK SO! Bride wants to pick out her own dress? NOT TODAY!! .. Honestly the most vibrant act of rebellion at my sister's wedding was when she showed up in a black dress with a single tulip as a bouquet. Momma was pissed!
@@Karateka1973 Oh we'tre all out of the will and back in her good graces every other week. Sept me I ain't got time for that and went no contact with her Leo Behind a year ago.
So true! I had a friend who chose to drop out of nursing school for a semester in order to plan her daughter's " wedden" . She was so excited about it. It set her back a year!
It's a status thing. Southern parents like to live vicariously through their children, and they can't wait to tell everyone they know that their son or daughter is getting married.
And then after that, they cannot hold back when a baby is finally on the way. My child (first grandbaby) is still in the womb and my mother has already told her entire church that she's a grandmother!
LOL - my next door neighbors' son eloped (they bought a house instead of having a big wedding) and my neighbors were speechless when they (he and his fiance) told them that they were already married. No one was invited to the 'ceremony'.
That is honestly a very practical way to go. I don't need a party but my parents for sure won't let me escape my wedding day without having one. Those are so EXPENSIVE!!
I thought the daughter was going to tell her parents that they were going to elope to have some quiet wedding somewhere else. That would have been just as funny.
My best friend did elope. A small ceremony. She, her fiance, the minister and I met on the minister's lunch break. I served as "best person". I don't think her mother has ever gotten over it. They've been married over 25 yrs now.
That's when Daddy would have gone to the gun cabinet to get the shotgun. "Oh,you two ARE gettin' married,son.Mama,call Reverend Jim & see if he's busy...."
Son in Law: “Remember how I wanted to start that service organisation to build schools in areas hit by natural disasters?” Dad: “Sounds like a real hoot" 😂! Also 🤣🤣 about suddenly finding out about a family house in Jamaica. Mary Patterson Broome you're genius and this was incredibly well acted!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
My mother is mid western and I only got to wear the family heirlooms for the wedding and pictures. The reception wasn’t even over and she was collecting the jewelry.
This isn't only southern families. I felt like a nonexistent girlfriend until the day we got engaged and then married. And oh boy the day I brought our baby to visit the first time I was suddenly an angel 😂. It was the oddest feeling to go from the side and not of value at all at family gatherings to the most important person every time we had another kid
Fortunately my southern parents are/ were not this way. Now, my niece was almost this excited when she found out I had a date recently.... She said it gave her hope!
This scenario here is why half my family wasn't invited to my wedding 💀. Like shit I've done so much in life and pulled myself out of a very dark time in my life and all they can care is when I'm getting married?
My mom: "That food delivery guy was your age and very polite! You should have opened the door! This is why you need to wear pretty dresses at home, and not those stretched out leggings and bulky hoodies!"
@@vladimirenlow4388 She's not. Do you even know the difference between getting groceries from a delivery guy and marriage? My dad accepted groceries from dozens of delivery men and he doesn't have a certificate with any of them. She just thinks that communicating with more young men is good for me because, first of all, I will have more practice communicating with guys, and will less likely end up an easy prey for a creep. Second, it's harder to judge a person's character and behaviour when you don't have a lot of aquaintainces to compare to. Third - neat and pretty clothing is an easy way to get a better first impression, so getting used to dressing well and feeling comfortable in pretty clothing would be good for me. And lastly, it's just a harmless remark, she doesn't nag me or make me go meet anyone I don't want to, she just feels a bit regretful whenever I miss a chance to meet a nice and polite young man. So, please don't talk that way about my mother ever again.
@@annakaro9081 She may think pushing you into communicating with guys is a good thing, but not if you don't want it. Regardless of her intent, it _sounds_ desperate, like she wants you to be presentable at all times in the off-chance Mr. Right passes by. This remark was meant to offer support to someone who sounded exasperated with their mother's behavior. If you choose to defend that behavior, that's your choice. I suppose I've just had bad experiences with enforced heternormativity in the past, and I instinctively want to protect other people from that.
@@vladimirenlow4388 Pro tip: don’t mess with people’s mamas😉😉. Just back away. Clearly she was making light of interaction she’s had with her mom. Not every interaction between a mother and daughter is a harbinger of doom.
We.never wanted our girls to get married we wanted them to never leave home we were always happy for them to live at home When they did get married we never ask for grandchildren that was up to them Most grandparents try to make up for what they didn’t do for their children We did everything for our girls so we have nothing to make up for by having grandchildren My oldest is 52 and my youngest is 36 never once’s have we ever ask for grandchildren their in-laws have it should always be up to our children
Both Austraila and the Southern US were both primarily settled from Southern England I believe. In a way, I guess they are distantly historically connected.
Pretty accurate , unfortunately my dad passed 2 years ago of cancer and I’m not seeing anyone but I also wanna do music so I’m not super worried about finding anyone but it’ll happen when it does. But right now I wanna get my career started first. And watching these videos ? Reminds me so much of home I miss living in SC SOOO bad! So funny how accurate their videos are! And funny !
Oh, no! My grandmother made me swear to NEVER, EVER give out her fruitcake cookie recipe, and that's a promise that I HAVE KEPT. No, you can't have it. Don't beg.
This is so true lol! I got a new job at the same time I got engaged. Nobody cared at all about the job--the engagement was the only thing everyone wanted to know about.
I'll always prefer my Wonsan beach mansion over a house in Jamaica. While Jamaica may have beaches as well, you can't watch a missile launch from there now can you?
Thank goodness my parents are OK with their grand babies have fur and Paws from me. But the first thing I get when I call her is..how is my granddog..grandmother.. him his granny misses him very much. I got the latest pics of him. He sure is a handsome boy
I was estranged from my family when I got married. When we reconciled & they found out she was a Yankee, that was not a good reaction. I did get to claim that I had given them grandchildren first but my sisters & brother put an asterisk on the record because my wife came to the marriage with a daughter & son already.
. My grandmother, who hadn't changed out a grandkid's photo on the shelf in YEARS put the couple photo my first fiance and I had made at our engagement. Two years after he broke it off, THAT was the photo still up for me, when she died...not the one of me graduating highschool, or boot camp, or advanced tech school or any other. 🙄😅 Getting married...THAT'S what counted. I believe that my college graduation also wouldn't have rated shelf space...but my wedding photos would have... even after the divorce. I can actually imagine my first wedding photos AND my wedding photos 22 years ago to my current husband on the shelf TOGETHER.🤣🤣 Diamonds and veils are about all that got the attention of an old school southern grandmother after age 13. You were represented by a 7th or 8th grade photo until engaged or married. You better not pull that "living with" or "simple elopement" nonsense either. No diamond? No veil? You're gonna be 13 the rest of your life. YOUR kids' photos will be next to that 8th grade photo of you... until THEY'RE 13. 😏😁
My parents were almost exactly like that when I married my ex husband. Then came the " When do you plan on making us grandparents, you know what the doctor said Scooter, we'll help you adopt if you don't want have a baby." LOL 😆 I miss my parents so much.
If you think Southern is bad, try being Irish; Italian; Jewish or Chinese. These folks are amateurs. Being non-Catholics they take it too easily. For a more traditional Catholic there's a year of religious preparation for the couple, longer if one has to convert. The service is in a church and obviously more elaborate. We don't allow divorce. It's one and done. We also expect multiple children, preferably beginning early in the marriage. The reception may involve hundreds of relatives and family friends and go on for a very long time. Then there's often a wedding breakfast the next morning before the honeymoon sendoff. A Chinese American high school friend of my sister's had two complete wedding ceremonies. The first a Catholic ceremony and the second a traditional Chinese ceremony. Same priest at both. Her Chinese wedding dress was red so my sister and the other bridesmaids had to have two completely different outfits. Very complicated. Her mother was like a general commanding all the wedding events and enlisted all the female family friends into her regiment. And speaking about finances. A Sikh American friend of ours from high school got married to an average American girl. As part of the elaborate ceremony the bride was decked out with all the groom's extended family's gold, some imporged for the ceremony from the Punjab. It was so heavy two of the bridesmaids had to support her so she wouldn't collapse. I never had any idea his family had so much hidden wealth. After the ceremony it all disappeared again. Like I said, these folks are amateurs.
My parents are ready for grandkids. Got super excited when I started dating my first bf. They were so sure they were going to have grandkids right then and there. 🤣
Meanwhile, I'm the only single child and my mom gave me the heirlooms to protect because she doesn't trust her children-in-law. (I don't trust them either) I'm also the only child that moved away from the area
What they said, in all fairness, was kind of 'meh' to anyone. I am reminded of a story a NASA astronaut told me, he told his parents that he was going into space for the first time and his parents couldn't have cared less because a sibling had told them a week before that they were getting married. His mother, he said, told him that his news wasn't all that important because a wedding trumps anything like that
I heard the voice of the "bride to be" first and went "Mary Patterson!" and then I looked and went "Well, Mary Patterson but not Mary Patterson. What is going on here?" Then, when Mary Patterson appears from the garage, I felt truly boondoggled.
Over the years I think my Bubbie (Yiddish for grandmother and she was my mom's mom) went from wanting me married to just wanting me to give her great-grandbabies. 😂 She and my mom (who also desperately wanted grandbabies) tried to lure me into it by saying that all of her friends (meaning my Bubbie's friends) would make it rain baby gifts. 😂 Which was very true, if any of them got a new grandkid it was like an entire Bye Bye Baby showed up at your door. I wish I could have granted their wish as they have both passed on, but my health and financial issues just make it impossible.
There should be a video where the mother pulls out "The Wedding Book". Inside this book, the mother has already planned out the daughter's entire wedding. And every detail must be followed😂
I have two daughters content to live with their boyfriends, one daughter who’s perpetually single and a divorced son. That’s rough on a southern mama, y’all.
The Family Heirlooms, the house in Jamaica, the cash...Which, if you were paying attention, the future son in law tucked into his shirt pocket when things went back to 'normal' ( 2:49 ) ...lol
As a Northerner, they have been dating for 3 years already. What are they waiting for? Just get married. If anyone is interested in my opinion I am almost 63 years old, I remember when I was young, where i grew up. the biggest majority of mothers stayed at home with their kids, so I still have some of that old fashioned in me that makes me sad when I see couples putting their careers ahead of their relationship. That is just my opinion as someone who was born in 1959 and was raised by a stay at home mom.
No, that is not what Southern parents want. That's just the setup. The very second, you're back from the honeymoon, actually sooner, they start asking "when are you going to give us some grandkids?"
Yep! And my daughter knows it. So they will start NOT AVOIDING pregnancy when they get back from the honeymoon this summer.
I said not word one about a grandchild.
He's due on my birthday.
I was waiting for these parents to ask about grandchildren. 😂
I am from New York and moved to Arkansas (do I count as a Southerner now? Its been 5 years now) and both my wife and I's families asked when we were having kids... LOL That was before we were married... We been married for 12 years lol
@@imjuliewaters gotta get them married first. Then start asking at the reception.
Recently got told to 'help myself' to some pie in a southern home and my first thought was; "They trust me....With their cutlery!"
😂👏👏👏 That's awesome!
Congratulations! That's an honor.
They trust you with the pie!
Congrats
It was the PIE they trusted you with...silver means almost nothing.
Ah the southern parents obsession with marriage and grandkids. Truly a sight to behold. It was crazy the day my elder brother announced he’d proposed. You’d have thought my folks saw the face of God telling them they did a good job.
😂
Or how about after one of your siblings gets married and has kids everyone starts asking when it's your turn. Don't you want to get married? Don't you want kids?
Grandkids are so much fun. Parents deserve some fun.
@@stevenalexander4721:
Think of it this way, if your family didn't love you they likely wouldn't care whether or not you got married or had kids. Even with all of the pitfalls, marriage and kids still represent happiness and fulfillment to most people. We, humans, are hardwired to ¨couple¨ and to procreate. Not every single one of us, but most.
Same when I told my parents I was marrying. “I can finally tell Hal how I feel about him.” Ominous, I thought.
There's a lesson here for the parents: Don't reveal the house in Jamaica, the passwords, etc until _after_ the "I do" 😉
🤣🤣🤣
I love “mom”. She is such a hoot! One of my favorite episodes is her picking out her “grandma “ name.
Oh my goodness, yes!
So. Accurate. I remember when my cousin was dating his soon-to-be wife and he wanted her to come to a family timeshare and my aunt said “she has has ZERO status in this family until you put a ring on it. Dont you string that poor girl along!!”
Man. That's...brutally honest coming from your aunt, but on the other hand, kudos to her for not allowing her to get stuck on a family timeshare without the cousin being serious about marrying her.
@@alishac5540 like I think she meant visit, not invest?
@@Ceares visit/invest, it's all the same.
I know that is right! Don't be playing games with that girl bringing her into the family and not being serious.
If any of my family members would’ve treated a girlfriend of mine like that I would’ve told them to fuck right off
This is totally true. I am my father's only child-his only chance for grandchildren. He keeps asking me when I'm going to get married. On my 36th birthday he advised me to freeze my eggs. I'm also the first and only physician in the family. He says, "I'm so proud of you...when are you going to make me a grandfather?" Lord-a-mercy
Yikes... what if it turns out you can't have kids 🥴 or that you don't want any. I'm lucky enough to have two older sisters who already have kids, so I don't get any pressure at all.
As a father of an only daughter, can I apologize for us dads on his behalf? Also, while we're on the subject, I have this persistent cough...
I never understood the paramount importance of a daughter having kids. It´s not like they can carry on the family name. Don´t get me wrong, I´d kill for my daughter´s kids, but ya know, there's that pesky name thing. LOL!
@@jaelge I mean they can. As the the only one in my family with my grandfather last name. I will never change my last name even when I get married , so one of my kids can pass it on.
@@jaelgeWHAT pesky name thing? I'm Leigh Williams. Girl Twin is Leah Williams. Husband is Michael Stephens. Boy Twin is Charles Williams Stephens (my father's name).
Leah is married to Garrett Gage, my precious son-in-heart, and expecting our first grandchild, Roger Michael Gage. If a girl, Lucinda Leigh Williams.
I'm not seeing a pesky name problem here.
When my husband and I decided to get married, we realized we didn't want a big wedding, and would be happier with a justice of the peace and a simple ceremony. My soon-to-be husband ran into my mother at Wal-Mart. She was buying all of the taper candles in our "color" that she could find. He didn't have the heart to tell her we weren't having a traditional wedding. 😂 I just threw out the last of those candles not too long ago... we've been married 30 years. 🤣🤣🤣
My daughter had just a Justice of the Peace wedding during covid. I threw her a garden party in our yard because if I didn't do anything for the couple, people would think her father and I didn't approve of the groom. We wanted to go bigger but that was all daughter would let us do.
I won’t tell. Sh.
Me: "I just cured cancer while in outer space on a space shuttle, made $20 billion in profits at my company, solved world peace, got engaged, won the Super Bowl, ended world hunger, bench pressed an aircraft carrier for a world record, etc."
Southern Mom: "You're getting married?!?!"
Please tell me there will be a part 2… when the southern parents become southern grandparents! 😂
"Want some cake?"
"NOPE! Not until you're married, not under THIS roof!"
😂
At least, not by the ocean
Oh, I miss my Momma!! She was a consummate Southern lady!!
Those southern parents love them grand babies too!!
oH yeah you have no idea, My ex mother in law, was so extreme, she didn't understand what boundaries are. I love this channel and wish EX-MIL was, had been more like, somewhere closer to this type of Southern lady. But unfortunately she was toxic and interfering beyond redemption. I've got stories, all truthful and no need to embellish, you would just not believe me...
@@emerencespringer sounds juicy!
@@emerencespringer Took the kid without permission? Tried to circumcise the kid without permission? Did get the kid baptized at her church without permission? Made up stories about my brother in attempt to convince the state to give her custody?
I was lucky my MIL has never spoken to me as she disowned her daughter before I even met her but my brother went through some stuff after his son was born.
@@melindaunknown6411 ... I've been told for years that I should write a book about everything... It's been long enough for most of those involved are no longer here to sue or object and after I get through a few things I've got in the works right now, it's going to be my next project. Because it's going to need to be series... Fiction based on real events, because no one would believe that it all truthfully, actually happened... It's just that bizarre. And the looks I get from people when I tell them... You would die laughing. Because it's such disbelief... I know this channel is based on humor and embracing the bless your heart in a good way and I love this. Just know that not everyone means it that way and it's taken years if therapy for me to get to the point where I am. My own mum was even more toxic and it's all intertwined and complicated. Which is why it's taken so long for me to even be able to be comfortable with the idea of writing about it. And yes juicy. It's going to have it ALL...
@@KenS1267 ... In nearly exactly the same level, I can relate. Exactly. And I feel your pain as well as for your brother. And with mine also extreme levels of gaslighting. And still mine is even more bizarre. It's just Too much here and not possible to explain and probably not violate terms of TH-cam..
I loved when she said “Can somebody get that?” before the doorbell rang 😂
I liked the fact that the ‘Slaw and Order’ sketch was playing in the background.
Wait a minute! I missed that. Now, I’ll have to watch it again 😄
You must be using headphones ’cause I couldn’t make it out…
Great hearing! It’s funny cause it starts just went he said he was done with the dishes!! Hahaha “it’s not even dishwasher safe”. Perfect timing!! 💕
As a southern mom, I can say this matters the least to me when it comes to my kids. A good education and a decent paying job means more to me....so they won't come looking to me for any financial help 😉 😏
Absolutely accurate. As an only child and daughter, my mother had my wedding planned and cancelled her life insurance in 3 months.
Wait what??
Funniest part is when Tom pockets half the money! 🤣
They were excited about the marriage. Their heads 'bout exploded with the first grandchild. When we'd go out, my MIL would "just casually" point out adorable bonnets, cute little clothes....
When my husband called to tell his mother her first grandchild was on the way, I could hear screaming from across the room. I thought she was gonna do herself an injury.
What a beautiful dress on the mother of the bride! That blue is so pretty and the style is lovely.
Accurate.. and Southern moms will 100% take over the wedding plans.. Bride wants a simple wedding of family and friends? I DON'T THINK SO! Bride wants to pick out her own dress? NOT TODAY!! .. Honestly the most vibrant act of rebellion at my sister's wedding was when she showed up in a black dress with a single tulip as a bouquet. Momma was pissed!
Oh the horror!! Lol 😆 🤣
Two questions:
1. Was she cut out of the will?
2. Has redeemed herself and been admitted back into Mom's good graces?
@@Karateka1973 Oh we'tre all out of the will and back in her good graces every other week. Sept me I ain't got time for that and went no contact with her Leo Behind a year ago.
Good! Momma needed to butt out.
Mine hijacked my wedding
So true! I had a friend who chose to drop out of nursing school for a semester in order to plan her daughter's " wedden" . She was so excited about it. It set her back a year!
The close talking scene with the father in law had me cracking up!!
I would've kicked him in the nuts...hate people that close to me
It's a status thing. Southern parents like to live vicariously through their children, and they can't wait to tell everyone they know that their son or daughter is getting married.
And then after that, they cannot hold back when a baby is finally on the way. My child (first grandbaby) is still in the womb and my mother has already told her entire church that she's a grandmother!
LOL - my next door neighbors' son eloped (they bought a house instead of having a big wedding) and my neighbors were speechless when they (he and his fiance) told them that they were already married. No one was invited to the 'ceremony'.
That is honestly a very practical way to go. I don't need a party but my parents for sure won't let me escape my wedding day without having one. Those are so EXPENSIVE!!
I thought the daughter was going to tell her parents that they were going to elope to have some quiet wedding somewhere else. That would have been just as funny.
You trying to give her parents a HEART ATTACK?
My best friend did elope. A small ceremony. She, her fiance, the minister and I met on the minister's lunch break. I served as "best person". I don't think her mother has ever gotten over it. They've been married over 25 yrs now.
That's when Daddy would have gone to the gun cabinet to get the shotgun.
"Oh,you two ARE gettin' married,son.Mama,call Reverend Jim & see if he's busy...."
Son in Law: “Remember how I wanted to start that service organisation to build schools in areas hit by natural disasters?” Dad: “Sounds like a real hoot" 😂! Also 🤣🤣 about suddenly finding out about a family house in Jamaica. Mary Patterson Broome you're genius and this was incredibly well acted!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
We just had a similar conversation! 🎃. Deja Vu.
My mother is mid western and I only got to wear the family heirlooms for the wedding and pictures. The reception wasn’t even over and she was collecting the jewelry.
😂😂😂
And once you get married, nothing else will matter until they get grandkids
This isn't only southern families. I felt like a nonexistent girlfriend until the day we got engaged and then married. And oh boy the day I brought our baby to visit the first time I was suddenly an angel 😂. It was the oddest feeling to go from the side and not of value at all at family gatherings to the most important person every time we had another kid
I was just trying to steal her son away until we had her grand baby. Then I was awesome.
@@donnasanders3406 exactly 💯 🤣
Now imagine if you didn’t want or couldn’t have children…
Sounds pretty horrible if you actually think about it.... So it's really a transactional business 😅
But, and this is a big but, did Tom pass the college football team compatibility test?!
(and does he like a little sugar in his cornbread or not?)
The Reverend at the door was absolutely hilarious!!!!!!!! 😂😂
You can't even know about the family heirlooms until you get engaged....so true.
Fortunately my southern parents are/ were not this way. Now, my niece was almost this excited when she found out I had a date recently.... She said it gave her hope!
That was awesome, the only thing they needed to add was the neighbors coming over hearing she's having a baby.
This scenario here is why half my family wasn't invited to my wedding 💀. Like shit I've done so much in life and pulled myself out of a very dark time in my life and all they can care is when I'm getting married?
Just be comforted to know, that if they knew grand kids were so much fun, they would have had them first.
My mom: "That food delivery guy was your age and very polite! You should have opened the door! This is why you need to wear pretty dresses at home, and not those stretched out leggings and bulky hoodies!"
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It's sad that your mother is that desperate to pawn you off on the first guy she sees.
@@vladimirenlow4388 She's not. Do you even know the difference between getting groceries from a delivery guy and marriage? My dad accepted groceries from dozens of delivery men and he doesn't have a certificate with any of them. She just thinks that communicating with more young men is good for me because, first of all, I will have more practice communicating with guys, and will less likely end up an easy prey for a creep. Second, it's harder to judge a person's character and behaviour when you don't have a lot of aquaintainces to compare to. Third - neat and pretty clothing is an easy way to get a better first impression, so getting used to dressing well and feeling comfortable in pretty clothing would be good for me. And lastly, it's just a harmless remark, she doesn't nag me or make me go meet anyone I don't want to, she just feels a bit regretful whenever I miss a chance to meet a nice and polite young man.
So, please don't talk that way about my mother ever again.
@@annakaro9081 She may think pushing you into communicating with guys is a good thing, but not if you don't want it. Regardless of her intent, it _sounds_ desperate, like she wants you to be presentable at all times in the off-chance Mr. Right passes by.
This remark was meant to offer support to someone who sounded exasperated with their mother's behavior. If you choose to defend that behavior, that's your choice. I suppose I've just had bad experiences with enforced heternormativity in the past, and I instinctively want to protect other people from that.
@@vladimirenlow4388 Pro tip: don’t mess with people’s mamas😉😉. Just back away. Clearly she was making light of interaction she’s had with her mom. Not every interaction between a mother and daughter is a harbinger of doom.
Having officiated a decent number of weddings in here in NC, this is spot on!
Okay, you guys outdid yourself on this one. It's one of your best!!!👏🏼
I’ve only recently started seeing that grandpa in the sketches, but he’s awesome!
The future son in law tuckin that 20 dollar bull in his shirt was priceless 😂
He was pretty slick about that.
We.never wanted our girls to get married we wanted them to never leave home we were always happy for them to live at home When they did get married we never ask for grandchildren that was up to them Most grandparents try to make up for what they didn’t do for their children We did everything for our girls so we have nothing to make up for by having grandchildren My oldest is 52 and my youngest is 36 never once’s have we ever ask for grandchildren their in-laws have it should always be up to our children
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Since when did Beth's father have a chocolate fountain?? Did he steal it from a Golden Corral?? 🤣🤣
Nah, probably took it home from the “Sliced” set 😆
They let him borrow it
@@abetterme6383 Not the sliced set!! 😂😂
I'll eat it
There needs to be a laugh button I’m in Australia but that’s so funny I can Imagine a lot of parents are like this not just the southern ones 😂😹🤣
I think Australia is Southern England.
Are you in Southern Australia?🤣🤣🤣
By the South, this channel means the Southern US. And most parents outside of the South in America aren’t this obsessed with marriage and babies.
Wanna’ bet on that?????
Both Austraila and the Southern US were both primarily settled from Southern England I believe. In a way, I guess they are distantly historically connected.
🤣🤣🤣 SO TRUE!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Ya'll's channel! I live in the south myself and these are SO relatable!!! ❤❤❤
Pretty accurate , unfortunately my dad passed 2 years ago of cancer and I’m not seeing anyone but I also wanna do music so I’m not super worried about finding anyone but it’ll happen when it does. But right now I wanna get my career started first. And watching these videos ? Reminds me so much of home I miss living in SC SOOO bad! So funny how accurate their videos are! And funny !
I had a friend who only got her husband’s Family Recipes after getting married. Now divorced, she plans on publishing a cookbook 😉
Oh, no! My grandmother made me swear to NEVER, EVER give out her fruitcake cookie recipe, and that's a promise that I HAVE KEPT. No, you can't have it. Don't beg.
This is so true lol! I got a new job at the same time I got engaged. Nobody cared at all about the job--the engagement was the only thing everyone wanted to know about.
I'll always prefer my Wonsan beach mansion over a house in Jamaica. While Jamaica may have beaches as well, you can't watch a missile launch from there now can you?
But you could probably watch them land….
I love the detail that the parents are watching to Slaw and Order episode about the skillet being put in the dishwasher.
Love love loved this….need to see more of the retired parents with modern day younger adults, hilarious… you nailed the parents for sure.
My family was like this when my sister got engaged to her husband.😂😂😂😂
My Mississippi mother was just like that. She was so excited I think she might have peed her pants 😂😂😂
This makes me think of my parents if they were here to see me get married. I miss them so much.
Thank goodness my parents are OK with their grand babies have fur and Paws from me. But the first thing I get when I call her is..how is my granddog..grandmother.. him his granny misses him very much. I got the latest pics of him. He sure is a handsome boy
God bless these parents. So adorable!
My favorite part of this sketch is the denim furniture.
Right?! I was looking through the comments thinking, “Why is no talk about the blue jean couches?!”
I was estranged from my family when I got married.
When we reconciled & they found out she was a Yankee, that was not a good reaction.
I did get to claim that I had given them grandchildren first but my sisters & brother put an asterisk on the record because my wife came to the marriage with a daughter & son already.
. My grandmother, who hadn't changed out a grandkid's photo on the shelf in YEARS put the couple photo my first fiance and I had made at our engagement. Two years after he broke it off, THAT was the photo still up for me, when she died...not the one of me graduating highschool, or boot camp, or advanced tech school or any other. 🙄😅 Getting married...THAT'S what counted. I believe that my college graduation also wouldn't have rated shelf space...but my wedding photos would have... even after the divorce. I can actually imagine my first wedding photos AND my wedding photos 22 years ago to my current husband on the shelf TOGETHER.🤣🤣 Diamonds and veils are about all that got the attention of an old school southern grandmother after age 13. You were represented by a 7th or 8th grade photo until engaged or married. You better not pull that "living with" or "simple elopement" nonsense either. No diamond? No veil? You're gonna be 13 the rest of your life. YOUR kids' photos will be next to that 8th grade photo of you... until THEY'RE 13. 😏😁
My parents were almost exactly like that when I married my ex husband. Then came the " When do you plan on making us grandparents, you know what the doctor said Scooter, we'll help you adopt if you don't want have a baby." LOL 😆 I miss my parents so much.
If you think Southern is bad, try being Irish; Italian; Jewish or Chinese. These folks are amateurs. Being non-Catholics they take it too easily. For a more traditional Catholic there's a year of religious preparation for the couple, longer if one has to convert. The service is in a church and obviously more elaborate. We don't allow divorce. It's one and done. We also expect multiple children, preferably beginning early in the marriage. The reception may involve hundreds of relatives and family friends and go on for a very long time. Then there's often a wedding breakfast the next morning before the honeymoon sendoff. A Chinese American high school friend of my sister's had two complete wedding ceremonies. The first a Catholic ceremony and the second a traditional Chinese ceremony. Same priest at both. Her Chinese wedding dress was red so my sister and the other bridesmaids had to have two completely different outfits. Very complicated. Her mother was like a general commanding all the wedding events and enlisted all the female family friends into her regiment.
And speaking about finances. A Sikh American friend of ours from high school got married to an average American girl. As part of the elaborate ceremony the bride was decked out with all the groom's extended family's gold, some imporged for the ceremony from the Punjab. It was so heavy two of the bridesmaids had to support her so she wouldn't collapse. I never had any idea his family had so much hidden wealth. After the ceremony it all disappeared again. Like I said, these folks are amateurs.
My family is Jewish and from Georgia. I’m doomed.
My parents are ready for grandkids. Got super excited when I started dating my first bf. They were so sure they were going to have grandkids right then and there. 🤣
I LOVE this woman!
This is so accurate with my Mexican family 😂🤣🤣🤣
I have a feeling it's fairly universal 😂
Meanwhile, I'm the only single child and my mom gave me the heirlooms to protect because she doesn't trust her children-in-law. (I don't trust them either) I'm also the only child that moved away from the area
We are from and still live in South Carolina and my daughter just got married this past weekend. Now I want a grand baby. Lol
@@carlsmith6999 I hope you’re having a great day as well. Have a great weekend.
That isn't just a southern thing. I grew up in the north and my folks behaved just like those parents when I became engaged.
Reverend Jim gets cake, but she doesn’t. 😂😂
What they said, in all fairness, was kind of 'meh' to anyone. I am reminded of a story a NASA astronaut told me, he told his parents that he was going into space for the first time and his parents couldn't have cared less because a sibling had told them a week before that they were getting married. His mother, he said, told him that his news wasn't all that important because a wedding trumps anything like that
Good job, parents! Family is what matters ☺️
I heard the voice of the "bride to be" first and went "Mary Patterson!" and then I looked and went "Well, Mary Patterson but not Mary Patterson. What is going on here?" Then, when Mary Patterson appears from the garage, I felt truly boondoggled.
"Help yourself, Reverend Jim" 😅😂😅😂😅
ol’ boy slipped that loot in his chest pocket though.. “ you ain’t slick”
I just love that they are watching the Slaw and Order skit in the beginning! So funny
Hilarious, but more than slightly depressing.
So glad my sister and a couple of brothers gave the folks that sort of glory.
Nothing more important than God and Family. Everything else should support and build off those things. Great skit.
Over the years I think my Bubbie (Yiddish for grandmother and she was my mom's mom) went from wanting me married to just wanting me to give her great-grandbabies. 😂 She and my mom (who also desperately wanted grandbabies) tried to lure me into it by saying that all of her friends (meaning my Bubbie's friends) would make it rain baby gifts. 😂 Which was very true, if any of them got a new grandkid it was like an entire Bye Bye Baby showed up at your door. I wish I could have granted their wish as they have both passed on, but my health and financial issues just make it impossible.
What a hilarious and wonderful video! Great job Diane!
I am a Southern-ish mom and I agree. Although the real prize is grandchildren.
I was about to say...the wedding is a nice fancy party, but it means nothing until the grandchildren are born.
Amen
The guy slamming the door on the religious one is a mood. Whatever it takes to have a peaceful weekend
its so funny that he pocketed that cash, lol😂
As the only "Girl" & oldest sibling, I was escatic when my brother had my niece and quickly followed up with a second 1. Hallelujah!!! 💃 🙌 🙌.. 😂😂
There should be a video where the mother pulls out "The Wedding Book". Inside this book, the mother has already planned out the daughter's entire wedding. And every detail must be followed😂
I have two daughters content to live with their boyfriends, one daughter who’s perpetually single and a divorced son. That’s rough on a southern mama, y’all.
My sympathies. I don't even know when my son will get married.
Yes, you are correct. I have two daughters, both single, but I do keep praying for decent husbands. 😊
The Family Heirlooms, the house in Jamaica, the cash...Which, if you were paying attention, the future son in law tucked into his shirt pocket when things went back to 'normal' ( 2:49 ) ...lol
So true, y'all.
This episode was a hoot🤣😆😂!!!
Wow, that's nice! Marriage is beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤!
And 5 minutes after you say I Do they begin asking about grandbabies.
Lolol. Great job. Truth is so hilarious
As a Northerner, they have been dating for 3 years already. What are they waiting for? Just get married. If anyone is interested in my opinion I am almost 63 years old, I remember when I was young, where i grew up. the biggest majority of mothers stayed at home with their kids, so I still have some of that old fashioned in me that makes me sad when I see couples putting their careers ahead of their relationship. That is just my opinion as someone who was born in 1959 and was raised by a stay at home mom.
Awesome from So Cal !😀
This is hilarious! Did anyone else catch the audio of the TV? They were watching another It's a Southern Thing video: Slaw and Order: SVU.
I was laughin', y'all. Till I remembered that this is exactly how it happened to me!
So happy to have you in our family, now you do know None of the the grand babies will be named after anyone on your side of family.
Now you need to do one when they find out they're going to be meemaw and pawpaw.
Love love love ya'll
I love you guys! This is too funny, y'all!!
It’s the universal truth, y’all!!
I like how Tom quietly slipped some of that money into his pocket.