Personal Narrative: My Interview With My Parents

As one of my class assignment, I was asked to interview a couple whose relationship I admire the most because of the amount of respect and love between them. I decided to interview my parents. My father married my mother when she was sixteen years old. So, their relationship is very strong because they had been together since a long time ago. I started my interview with my mother, asking her about what attracts her in my father. She said that she thinks that he is really attractive and handsome, and she loves his looking. Also, as something in our culture, all men should respect their wives. So, my mother said that one of the most important feelings they both share is being respectful to each other. Differences for her were not a big deal, …show more content…
My father did not want her to work, because he can afford anything she wants and he does not want her to feel stressed or tired because of the working conditions. In the end, they both decided that she will work from home, and she will go out to work whenever she needs. She is working as a wedding planner. I asked her about her feelings toward their relationship and she responds that she always feel that he cares about everything related to her, and their relationship is really strong. He is always there for her and to protect her and to give her the life that she always wanted to have. My mother always enjoys spending her time with my father, with whole family, who are my aunts and grandparents. She was laughing when I asked her about what surprises you about being in this relationship, and she said that she got married when she was young and she never thought she would have this much responsibility and in the beginning it was bothering her. However, she has found over the time that she just enjoys being a mother for these children and a wife for this awesome man as she …show more content…
He was answering some questions with unclear answers; I kept repeating some questions in different words so I can get more information from him. My father told me that he is lucky because he got married from my mother. He was saying that she is clever even though she did not completed her education, and she is able to handle any situation wisely. She is a great mother for my children, and she is a great wife because she respects me, and she takes care of my parents and spends some time with them. My father told me that he was so thankful to God because he had married my mother. He said that your mother is a great woman; they have a lot of common things in their personality, As he said “which make my life with your mother easier and with no trouble. My father said your mother sometimes gets nervous and thinks about everything deeply which makes her uncomfortable in her day. The biggest issue that my father keep telling my mother is that she will not go out to work. My father did not say she will not go to work without having persuasive reasons to her. My father’s way of convincing my mother is that he gave her different options instead of going out and work. My father told her I can give you whatever you want jewelry, housemaid, and traveling abroad. However, you will stay at the house to take care of my children. My father said your mother sometimes feel jealous from my sisters when I give them money or if I do something for my