The reason I asked about age is because at a certain point in life you realize that not everything requires a stand. Keeping the peace is worth something and is usually less of a pain.

"These people wouldn't tell a different couple, who are not married and are not their children, that they couldn't share a room"

uh yes, they would... stay somewhere else.

"You two believe that what you are doing is right, and yet you are allowing your parents to pretend that their belief that what you are doing is actually morally correct. That's not respect, that's childish submission. "

No, it's their house and they make rules for the people staying in their home.

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I could get a hotel room too. But it's not worth it.

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