Do you wait until the relationship is exclusive to tell your friends/family?

[girlywoman25]

I'm been seeing a new guy for almost the past 3 weeks but it's not a gf/bf thing yet. I haven't told any friends or family about him yet because I want to see where things are going first so I rather keep it private. I used to tell my friends every guy I was seeing when we weren't even officially dating and when it didn't work out and it was awkward to explain to friends about what happened so I don't want to go through all that

[Ninjainpajamas]

Because of people like you I would only allow users to update their FB status every ten years.

[Rko28]

Friends I tell, they are on the same level, they know what dating is like.

 

Family, not until its a bit more concrete. Nothing worse than getting mothers hopes up that you may have found "the one" only for it all to come crashing down the next day.

[Poppygoodwill]

For me, introducing someone to friends and, eventually family, is part of the process of finding out if he is boyfriend material. How my friends like him, if my family gets along with him, is super important. They know me best, and if they don't like him, or think it's wrong somehow, then that's really good information to have.

 

That said, it's all in how you do it. Don't make a big fuss about the guy; just bring him along in a casual way.

[Omei]

I'll tell my friends im dating and ill even let them hang out with us but yeah ill wait till im exclusive to tell family.

[Toodaloo]

They will know there is someone about there somewhere that I may be interested in but I do not formally introduce until after a few months and when I know its exclusive.