We would like them to approve our choice of partner but it may not happen. What happens many at times is that our parents are not happy with our choice of the person we want to have a relationship with or marry. They will try to reason with us and persuade us. Then they might put restrictions [“you cannot go out” “You will never be able to meet any of us again”] or threaten the partner. And in some cases, they go to the extent of killing.
It is difficult for many of us to even imagine that our own family members would take the extreme step of killing because of what may be considered ‘immoral behaviour’ or wanting to marry a person of your choice. “How dare you even think of marrying a person outside our caste or religion?” It is a matter of shame and social humiliation for the family.
We know that it happens in some form or the other: emotional blackmail, economic or social boycott, now its extreme form has a name – honour killing.