Sorry about that, Spiral. I know I can be verbose, it's not deliberate. The above post is rater long, although I've been trying to work on condensing, lol. I just wanted to clarify some points with Diwana. He was right about me being rash about the guy's mom in my initial post, where I didn't consider other possibilities for the mom's rejection. Later on, I mentioned other reasons for mom's reservations.
We differ on what is considered as "unusual." To me, issues like a parent's refusal of a girl/guy because he/she is not their choice.....is not an unusual issue. I've heard and seen it so many times, that it's commonplace.
The rest of my post is just background information about the poster, Girlie. She had created a thread back in Nov of 2009 about the same issue. Her boyfriend has been trying to convince his mom for more than 2 years. Guy has suggested eloping and girl's parents are not approving because his mom hasn't given her consent. And more than 2 months have passed since Girlie's last thread. And surprisingly/strangely....in all this time.......she still cannot provide any other reason besides "I'm not her choice." That's odd.
I've said it before, there are many intelligent posters on here who advise to the best of their ability. Even if you skip my posts (no hard feelings), there are several people who I feel can give better suggestions (with the succinctness, lol). Can't guarantee the length...skim if you have to :)