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Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, August 28th, and we got some of the strongest, I mean, most heated pushback.

So some advice, we gave one of our readers who wrote into our Yahoo column looking for

some advice and with that welcome to this relationship edition of Amy and TJ and robes we have had a

good time people have strong opinions but you this in particular our latest yahoo column column

a young lady writing into us asking for help with her

soon-to-be possibly fiancé and meeting her parents for the first time, blah, blah, but

people took issue and the strongest of terms you were just explaining to me with our advice.

Yes. Well, yes, there was some very harsh advice, but also taking issue with the advice we gave Kai,

which was to, yay, yes, tell your parents, be celebratory, be positive, and do it sooner rather

than later and not to waste any time.

A lot of folks just don't think that parents need to be getting involved, period.

And don't think that parents should have a say, maybe an opinion is one thing, but actually

be able to be the final say, whether or not you pursue or continue a relationship with someone.

People took a real issue with that, even though Kai very specifically noted that it was

her culture and that the person she's

dating is outside of her culture.

Okay, so it's fair to say then, before we read in full what Kai wrote into us, the question,

not just people were, they might have been most heated in their response to us, but this

might have been one they were more heated, it sounds like, in their response to us, but this might have been one they were more heated.

It sounds like in their response to Kai, to a reader, saying you're ridiculous for this scenario almost even.

Right. And I think a lot of people were taking it from the American vantage point where if you and I and we both said this at least we've said this to one

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