My friends are very good to me, even when the guy is awful. One expressed their concerns about my marriage as "We wanted to stop it, but it was like watching a train wreck." Everyone else tolerated him for my sake, but really let their opinions fly when I got rid of him.

I've had only a "warning" from one friend about C - "Don't get too involved." - but that was because she was trying to cheat on her boyfriend with him, and he didn't want to be part of a triangle so he ended it quickly when he found out that she wasn't dumping her boyfriend anytime soon.

My husband and I had to deal with quite a bit of disapproval when we got together. There was an age difference, I was about to head off to college, he was in the middle of a divorce. It was complicated, and tough to deal with, but it made us grow.

The attitudes of some of my family members has not changed much, but I feel confident chalking that up to immaturity. I was pretty stubborn and opinionated at that age, so I'm not surprised they are too. It's painful, because it has really hindered the kind of relationship I want to have with my family, but I am keeping positive because I know that time does make a difference. I just have to be patient. I'm also lucky because I have the relationship of my dreams with my in-laws, and their support and love makes the rough parts much easier to handle.

We have new social circles where we are happy and all of our friends are constantly nagging us to stop being so dang cute , and we are even happily reconnecting with some people that were at the heart of the disapproving posse.

We just knew from the moment we met that there was something special. Something special enough to make two people who were independently terrified of disapproval and confrontation willing to take it all on and more.

Approve

I think it depends on the situation.

Often times, I find if my friends disapprove, it's for a damn good reason, and I listen to them. I feel like relationships are most often temporary, but friends are forever, as stupid as that sounds, if I've judged them to be good ones anyway.

If a friend of mine disapproved for no reason then I would assume they either were jealous of the relationship if they didn't have one, or they had feelings for me that they were trying to deny, or that they were just a jerk.

Old post but figured that I would post anyways.

My friends do not disapprove of my current relationship. But with past relationships they have voiced disapproval. When that happens I first take notice of why they are disapproving if it is over something petty then I will usually thank them for their opinion and leave it at that. Now if they are voicing a serious concern because of something that they are picking up on I will listen to them and ask them to please elaborate as to what they are seeing. I try to remain impartial during it, keeping in mind that their concern might be grounded in reality that I am not seeing.

I usually take advice and criticism very well. And as long as my friends are not voicing something out of jealousy then will normally listen them.

A few of my friends did have concerns when we were going through a rough patch. I listened to them and used their advice when it made sense (since they didn't get everything)

It would depend on which friend and why they disapproved. All of my friends want me happy, but opinions on what would make me happy differ. I'm secretive about my love life though, so the only time there hear something outside of idle chatter is when he's made me so happy I have to tell someone.

During my last relationship, my friends hated how the guy treated me and thought i deserved better. They told me this but they also told me that they support my decision and just want whats best for me

My boyfriend's mom... I ignore the insanity from that side of his family to the very best ability that I can. I could be the savior of the universe and she would still disapprove of me, lol.