meeting boyfriend's family
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| Mon, 05-29-2006 - 9:14pm |
I've been seeing the same guy for five months now. We are long distance (300 miles) but manage to spend 5 or 6 days together, twice a month in addition to talking on the phone once or twice a day. He lives in northern California and I live in southern California, but I'm from northern Cal, so he's actually met my family already. He's from another state and this weekend I'm going with him to his sister's wedding. It will be the first time I meet his family. His entire family. I'm nervous, but I feel like this is a natural next step in our relationship.
I wanted to use this opportunity to hear from others about what their experiences of meeting their significant others' families were like. Did it go well? Was it a turning point in the relationship? How did you handle your nerves? Any difficult family members? What advice would you give me (besides, "just be yourself")?
Thanks.

Meeting my SO family did make me nervous because I was going to meet his children.
Think of it as your first date. Be very polite, ask questions about them, don't talk about yourself too much unless they ask, and subtlely sneak in compliments about their son (your bf) as much as you can without being obvious.
By complimenting your bf, you are compplimenting them on their parenting skills. Limit the PDA in front of them until you get a better sense of what they're comfortable with.