Re: A hindu-muslim wedding!!!
^ i'm not sure what society has to do with it, though, mahi. i do know that in the end, it comes down to both families hopefully looking to secure their children's happiness. it is very difficult, as a parent, to abandon your child even if you think they are making the wrong choices. i mean, put yourself in their position- if your child chose to marry outside the faith you practice, would it really be a no-brainer for you to walk away from them and tell them you'll never support them? i think its a LOT harder, maybe even impossible, for rational, loving parents to do that to their kids. it might be a knee-jerk reaction, sure, and you might be horrified and severely upset with them, but in the end, you would stand by them. and what you would do, the rest of your family would take cues from that and behave similarly.
at a certain point, you have to recognize that your child is old enough to make their own choices in life, whether they're good or bad from your point of view. and in a situation like that, you would also know that the more you threaten, the more you push them away. personally, having gone through the process of an inter-cultural marriage, i would do what my parents ultimately did- keep my child near me at all times and be there to help them through whatever choices they've made, rather than walk away at a time when perhaps they needed me the most.