He has kids? Parents hate him before meeting him?

truth! I think you are settling and if I was your parent I would cry too. I don't think he is 27 and I have never even met him. how on earth you could think it is ok to be with someone who is 27 but look 40. hon, my advise is wait and hope for better things. end it.

You're a grown a** woman. You can keep your boyfriend if you want. In your twenties, seven years isn't that much of a difference. If he were beating you or being mean to you, I'd agree with them. But if the only reason they don't want you with him is because he's older than you and has children, then it's your decision to make. My boyfriend is only one year older than me (I'm 20, he's 21), and he has a two year old daughter with another girl that he was with for six years, and then she left him. At the baby shower, no less, how cold is that? Anyways, I love his daughter to death, and my dad was kind of weary about him having a kid at first - we used to fight about that, and my dad and I hardly ever really fight - but he eventually came around to it. Explain to them how much he means to you and that he's a great guy, and maybe they'll come around.

you're an adult, not a teenager. If you want to stay with your boyfriend then do so. Your parents will have to accept it one day.