What reason might parents have to forbid a boy from dating a girl in the '30s or so?

Question

(for a story)

Answer 1

How old is the boy?!

Answer 2

Cause thats just not okay..

Answer 3

well under 18 he is a minor and should not be with someone that age  

Answer 4

Its a parent thing.The cant accept it. How old is the boy?

Answer 5

If he's @ least 18, it's OK in the US. It's legal. But if he's 17 & under, then there will be lots of messy problems with the law.

Answer 6

Depends on the social barriers, there were different classes of people, lower class middle class upper class, and if a guy didn't have money then this would be un acceptable. Plus also if he has no trade or a trade which is disagreeable, a rival company perhaps.  

Answer 7

If he had been bitten by a rabid animal...and he was foaming at the mouth..I would imagine they would object.

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Answer 8

well first of all how old is he? if under 18 that is all the reason they need...if over 18 she could be his birth mother and he could be adopted. (Yes, I know that means she had him VERY VERY young, but hey, lots of girls do now don't they?)

Answer 9

i assume we are taking about the 1930's not the age 30... if you really want your story to be realistic you need to do real research on the time period, i'd recommend books as opposed to online, books have editors and such to help verify facts where ANYONE can post online... though if you want to start now try wikipedia also visiting the sources the info came from

Answer 10

For a fiction story?  She could be one of those teachers who took advantage of her students, or maybe the dad has some twisted story from his past that he regrets.  Parents don't really need a reason - a boy (under 18) should not be dating somebody over a decade older than them.  They could be repulsed that the lady is not much younger than the mom.

Answer 11

jail bait, pedophile, nasty, how many you want