laRubiaBonita Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 lets say you are dating someone for almost 2 months... and not technically exclusive (meaning there was never a real talk about exclusivity)... but you really like each other and hang out all the time. when do you meet this persons parents, assuming they live in the vicinty? or do you wait?
Pyro Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 I would at least wait until the two of you have the exclusive talk.
Star Gazer Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 A planned meeting of the parents shouldn't take place until you have had "the talk." If you happen to run into them somehow, that's a completely different animal.
Art_Critic Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 I think it really depends on how close he is too his family.. I am close to my family and even work with some..I have a large family and we do a lot of B-days and stuff like that where we have cookouts.. I have been known to have a new girl I'm dating around my family as early as the first or second week depending on things.. To me it means nothing to have the GF met the parents or family.. but to some people it is a milestone in the relationship. I guess it depends on if you/he consider it a milestone .. if you do then maybe the exclusive talk would be better first..
2ndIINone Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 when do you meet this persons parents, assuming they live in the vicinty? one year...
IpAncA Posted April 25, 2007 Posted April 25, 2007 I'd wait but I think it depends. I never placed much emphasis on it. It's more like you do when you do. Um...yeah...BTW what's with the chicken pic?
dropdeadlegs Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 I met the parent (one is deceased) on my first date. He didn't meet mine until several months later (my parents live out of state, and they come each March to visit New Orleans.) For me personally, meeting the parents isn't a big deal. they meet whoever I am dating at the time. Me actually taking someone to visit them, is different. I wouldn't do so unless we were pretty serious. I wouldn't take my date of three weeks, but I would take him if I considered him my partner in life.
alphamale Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 lets say you are dating someone for almost 2 months... and not technically exclusive (meaning there was never a real talk about exclusivity)... but you really like each other and hang out all the time. when do you meet this persons parents, assuming they live in the vicinty? or do you wait? you are under no obligation to meet the parents....I would suggest you hold of til the 6 month mark and if you're still together at that time it would be ok. I haven't met too many of the "Parental units" cause I usually dump the woman way before that stage. I'm really not interested in something long-term and all that baloney.
Author laRubiaBonita Posted April 26, 2007 Author Posted April 26, 2007 well, IMO, meeting the parents is not a big deal..... i currently live with my parents (until june! ), so he would meet them sooner than later. i like to meet parents, i can exemplify actions and reactions that could be learned. but the thing that struck me was on tuesday night, we were hanging out and he said "i really want to meet your parents" i said ok, and then he said "soon." i know he is close with his family as well, his younger bro lives with him at the moment. it was just something i had never experienced.....
alphamale Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 but the thing that struck me was on tuesday night, we were hanging out and he said "i really want to meet your parents" i said ok, and then he said "soon."... maybe he's going to ask your dad for your hand? hopefully he asks for the rest of you too!
blind_otter Posted April 26, 2007 Posted April 26, 2007 maybe he's going to ask your dad for your hand? hopefully he asks for the rest of you too! ha ha ha. Anyways, meeting the parents is a big deal to me and I usually wait until some time after the exclusivity talk, like 2-3 months after, to do the parental meeting. But my surviving parent is a bit on the nutty side, so there you go.
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