BBC2 Alone with the in-laws

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Anyone watching this?

Young couple about to get married have to spend a few days with each other's parents (alone) to understand their family better.

Everyone keeps saying she is giving up a lot, but what exactly was she giving up? I hope they don't get married as they appeared mismatched and therefore likely to make each other unhappy. I think her father and stepmothers relationship was lovely and they gave the guy genuine advice. I think her mum was very rude to him and was blatantly said she would have preferred her daughter to marry a French guy.

She gave up a job as an interpreter in France so had a job and life in France, he flew out and professed his love so she packed it in and moved back. Hence the mums comment about thinking (I must have missed her saying preferred a French man) she would marry a French man.

She gave up a very good job in France to be with her fiance iirc.

Well no one forced her to jack her job and move back to Blighty. It's not like it was by force. Anyway it was an interesting show.

"Well no one forced her to jack her job and move back to Blighty. It's not like it was by force. "

No, but the fact remains that she gave up her dream job to be with him. His parents (and maybe him too) would like her to change her name and be a housewife so even more sacrifices that he isn't being asked to make.

I agree that she was rude to push it with those personal questions to her future FIL though, but I suppose that might say more about me than about her.

I've just seen this on iplayer

I really really hope she doesn't marry him.

My guess is that she has hit 30 and wants babies.

She knew he always fancied her since his teens. He now has a decent job. Although she doesn't know how much he earns

She doesn't want to waste any more time looking for Mr Right and knows he can give her the family she wants.

The catch is in exchange for the babies she wants he wants marriage, a name change and a subservient housewife.

I get the impression he has a 'what's mine is mine' attitude to money and won't share finances after the 'I do'.

All that 'waiting until she can afford it to buy a table'!! She gave up het career for him- what does he expect?

They'll get married, have their kids but she will be a single mum, like her mum in a decades time.