A boy named Sous

"What, you think we were going to issue you some kind of report?" Karla snapped. "Are you worried that, what, we'd come up later and give you a detailed explanation of what we did and did not like about her?"

...That might have been a plan at one point, but then decided that that was probably a bad idea.

"No one is saying that our approval--" or complete disapproval, which was what it was "--was at all required for you to continue to date her! We didn't come into this assuming you'd change your life on our say-so!"

Though you totally could if you want to, Priestly. Just throwing that out there.

"But she's dating a friend we care about, and started doing so only on a condition. We wanted to see her for ourselves. Or, what, have you never wanted to meet any of Dinah's boyfriends? Never wanted to get to know them without them focusing on making a good impression?"