Downton Abbey, which takes place about 100 years ago, is probably my favorite program. Earlier in the season, one of the characters, an older lady, was proposed to. Last week the man's grown son insulted her. The man asked his son to apologize to his future SM. In last night's episode, the woman received a nasty note from her future SS, telling her he would never accept her marriage to his Father. The woman told the man she could not marry him if she was not accepted by his children.

What surprise me is that it is so rare to view this situation as it usually is instead of watching another Cinderella story on TV. Another thing is that she had enough self-worth to tell the man she was not willing to endure his son's rude behavior to her.

As DH and I were watching this scene, I wondered what was going through his mind. I wanted to say, "This is what I went through with your daughter", but I kept quiet, hoping it would occur to him.

Hopefully, this situation which we all sadly share will be brought to light more often.