The older generation, however, is not always totally prepared to accept such marriages. When Jonathan Barnard was preparing to marry, his future father-in-law demanded that his parents come over from the United States to give proof that Barnard had not been married previously abroad.
柏松年當年要娶台灣太太時，準岳父要求他的父母從美國來台灣，為的是證明他在美國沒有結過婚。