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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Ok_Initial_7742 on 2025-08-24 04:03:13+00:00.

I’m not sure if this coincidence or something much greater at work.

When my parents met, my mom’s parents didn’t like my dad because they thought he was a “punk” and a failure. They didn’t want them to get married but they got married anyways.

My wife’s parents also didn’t like me because I flunked out of a college and went to trade school and i’m doing well now but back then my future was uncertain. We got married anyways.

Our son is now 24, and you guessed it, the girl he likes, his parents don’t like him. I wanted my son to be an engineer or get an office job because trades takes a toll on you, I have a few back and joint problems but my son wants to be a mechanic and eventually open his own shop. I believe in him and i’ll always be here to catch him. He also flunked out of college and currently living with us until he finishes trade school, can’t even get mad because I started trade school at 22. Like father Like son as they say.

Her parents want a guy who has “status” because she’s studying to be a pharmacist and he’s just start school again at 24.

Great for her but love is love.

He was really sad because he says they love each other so I told him, hey man if you two love each other and you know she’s the one for you, go get your girl, i straight up got legally married to my wife at 22 until we could afford a real wedding and her parents were livid. My parents ran away together.

So he does that, doesn’t tell anyone , not even me and surprise drops his wedding on a call and says dad I did what you said, I got married.

I wish he didn’t word it like that because now I’m in trouble

her parents and my wife are livid, they’re pressuring them to get the married annulled and wait till graduation

her parents straight up want them to never see each other again

but I don’t regret it one bit, maybe it’s a coincidence or just maybe there js something greater at work

TL;DR: told my son that if he loves his girl , he needs to go get her