It seems to me they lost out on a good guy. On the other hand, you don't want to spend the rest of your life with people who can't appreciate you. The only guy I dated in college that my parents liked, because like you say he could talk to them, almost date-raped me. That's how good a judge of character they were, i.e., not at all, very superficial! And she even criticizes you after you are broken up?! Excuse me, but she lost that privilege when she said goodbye! (Sounds like a country song!) Hang out here a while, just answer questions, it will help make you more verbal, everyone is very nice (it's in the rules!), and in a couple of months you will feel and act differently. Your dad found someone, so will you!