My parents proposed that he and I open and run a Japanese restaurant together, mentioning the Japanese food cooking certificate I had.
Hi,
I am trying to insert the below sentence at the beginning of the sentence above after transforming it into a participle phrase .
"My parent couldn't stand my husband loafing around with no jobs for a long time."
Below is what I have provisionally settled for but I don't think the phrase accurately conveys the nuance of "the parents not being able to stand him"
Having seen my husband loafing around with no jobs for a long time,
Would there be better ideas?
Additionally, would there be a better substitute for "for a long time" which sounds a bit awkward in the sentence?
Thanks
(Not a Teacher)
"Unable to stand my layabout husband anymore....."
Unable to stand my jobless husband loafing around,
Unable to stand watching my jobless husband loafing around,
What about this one?
Last edited by rainous; 13-Dec-2011 at 04:37.
(Not a Teacher)
Of the two, I'd go for the first one. Brevity is the soul ofwitprose.