You mention, "My dad is a gem of a person and I hate it when people dont respect him and treat him badly because of his appearance." Look at your statement. What is it about his appearance do you think people are disrespecting him? Unfortunately, we don't always see things through other peoples eyes. You may perceive your parents as shy, simple, keep to themselves people. Others may perceive this behavior as stand offish, close minded, un approachable.

I think you need to get more facts before judging the behaviors of these folks. Did you visit with your parents and be the conduit for them to mingle, instead of observing them from a distant and feeling upset on how you were percieving the situation?

In The Spirit Of Understanding, I Am RPuls

I tend to look at this from a different perspective than Rpuls.

Isn't it possible that this experience was attracted into your life for a reason and you could be looking at it from a different perspective to your parents.

" My dad is a gem of a person and I hate it when people dont respect him and treat him badly because of his appearance. He never complains about it either. He passes such things of saying, such incident happen in life and we should take it in our stride." - It sounds like your dad is a gem of a person and doesn't let such superficial behaviour bother him because he is comfortable in his own skin and knows who he is.

It seems that you could learn from his wisdom and I think when you do such situations will stop being part of your current reality. Your parents create their own reality and if you genuinely want to help them, just keep seeing them for the wonderful people they are and don't project any thoughts, other than uplifting ones, on to them.

I suspect that your parents are doing just fine and if you can just work on tweeking your own perspective a bit, I think you might see this.

Another question to ask yourself is - is it possible you felt a little inferior in the company of these people? Often what we project on to others is what we feel ourselves - just something to ponder, and remember complete honesty with yourself is the only way you can move beyond this.

It appears your focus was on YOUR parents and not the behaviors of others. There is much to be learned from that gathering. We all have different paths we walk in this life. Your parents sound like authentic and happy people.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”~ Eleanor Roosevelt

I agree with Michaela, that maybe you are projecting your own feelings in to the situation. I gleen from what you said that, your parents are happy with their lives and themselves, and that it was you that felt sadness and anger.

There is a great book written by Debbie Ford, "The Dark Side of the Light Chasers". Debbie Ford gives very good direction in to understanding your own feelings and why you react to circumstances the way you do. I highly recommend it.

Keep your thoughts of Love and Happiness for your parents and enjoy them. And, do nor worry about other people. If your parents want changes in their lives, they will make them. Just support them and love them. As for other people, you can not make them change they must change themselves.

Blessed Be, and best wishes. Randal

There is a saying that all men were born equal; but let us elaborate a little further, assuming you have a rich friend, and a poor friend. We know that the price of life is death eventually, so death comes along, and both of your friends had a Funeral, one of the Funeral's was lavish, and the other one was very simple. Now the question is where is your two friends’ soul/spirits going? Is your rich friend going to heaven, and is your poor friend going to hell? Think about it? But also know that from the dust we came, and to the dust we shall return, rich, and poor; it is the same for all of us.

So my dear friend, we are all one and the same, the educated, and the uneducated. We are all humans in a physical body, and when our time is up in this physical body we will return to the spirit form. So do not take the other people’s behavior towards your parents personal, as it appears, your parents were reserved, and did not go out of their way to mingle, or did not care to do so. Anyone can take the initiative to be friendly, so it is really no ones’ fault that your parents were overlooked, or ignored. You could have taken the lead to introduce your parents, and initiate a conversation on a topic of interest that would motivated both of your parents to participate, and to get involved socially.

Let’s start over: what if your father went around the room to everyone, introducing himself, and his wife, while shaking every ones’ hand, and sharing a funny joke that was causing everyone in the room to mellow up, relax, and simple enjoy each others’ company. Change the behavior, and attitude of a person, and you get a very different outcome. Sometimes the lack of exposure can cause people to behave in a certain way, and sometimes one person's expectation is higher than the other. So, I think you need to do some self searching, and reflection on your perception. Elevate, and liberated yourself to think positive, and carry this energy with you where ever you go, and you will amaze yourself! You are a beautiful creation of God, and so are your parents.