Honour thy parents, would I be doing this?

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So I have to go back to Sri Lanka this december for a relative’s wedding, I was planning to come back to Australia earlier than my family so I could get some stuff I had to get done here, nothing TOO important.

However the relatives announced the homecoming would be on a date after my intended leaving date, so my parents want me to stay back in Sri Lanka, but however I would miss a few things that I really want to do in Australia.

I don’t HAVE to stay, they aren’t forcing me, but do you think I would not be ‘honouring thy parents’ if I refused to stay back with them?

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My parents’ opinion?

Well they want me to stay, like I said.

If you meant relatives’, then no, I don’t frankly care about their opinion, they obviously want me to stay, I don’t mean that rudely towards them, but what matters to me more is my parent’s opinion.
 
You didn’t say how old you are or of your parents (and none of my business of course), but just how “Important” are the things you want to get done back home? Will these things still be there when you return? Will a great many of your family be present at this gathering?..

My mother is in Stage 4 of lung cancer giving me and the rest of the family maybe just a few more weeks with her, she was diagnosed in August and may not be with us in November, this came suddenly and took us all by surprise as she did not have any symptoms that we could tell of this disease. My point in telling you this is to help you understand that our parents are precious to us and we never know how long we will have them before God calls them home.

If its just a matter of a few days, why not give this gift to your parents and stay. Many years from now, you just may remember this time as being a true blessing of the love given to parents.
 
Nice post!

I am sorry to hear about what happened to your mother, I will say a small prayer for her now.

I am 19, my parents are like 47 and 45, the things I need to attend to, is some of my uni work, which is not entirely too important, i just wanted to catch up on something i had lagged behind in. The more important was a youth group camp which was planned a long time ago and I was sure I was going to go.

I guess many relatives will be there at this event, but this is not the wedding, it’s something after the wedding, so I would be attending the wedding, so I don’t see why I have to go to the homecoming. But I take your post into consideration, any more (name removed by moderator)ut?

So essentially the main thing; camp, will not be there when I return.

However I guess I should do what my parents will, they aren’t forcing it on me, thanks again for the nice post.
 
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My parents’ opinion?

Well they want me to stay, like I said.
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Maybe pete meant, did you ask their opinion on whether they think you would not be honoring them if you didn’t do what they say?
 
Nope, they would think I have gone nuts if I had asked them that, they aren’t thinking in that frame of mind, however I am. 😃
 
I think if you’re going to be spending time w/ family at the wedding, there’s no reason to skip the youth group camp.
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