Susan1551 Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 once you're in an exclusive relationship, when do you know it's time to meet the parents? after a few months? a year or two?
Tangerina Posted December 26, 2005 Posted December 26, 2005 We met each other's parents after about a week because we are college students and it was summer so we were both living at home.... the first time I had him over my parents were wierd about it since it had only been a week so we slept in a friend's tent... haha, but after they met him they let him stay in my room the next night... I met his parents the first day that we met because we decided to go bake cookies at his house... his dad walked in on us making out and brought us strawberry smoothies and was cool about it which I admired.... those are just side stories I guess, haha..... I guess just whatever happens naturally is what works... once you are deffinitely serious then you could do something to make it happen... We have been together 6 months and now our two families are going to get together tomorrow for the first time (they live in different cities)... our dads have met and his mother has met my sister and I have met his older half sister and her family but now both families are going to get together since we are serious about each other and want the special people in our lives to meet.
targetbag Posted December 27, 2005 Posted December 27, 2005 I think it just depends on your particular situation. I was elated when I met Kevin and couldn't stop talking to my mom about him. He's a little more reserved with his family, and didn't tell his parents about me for probably 2 months. In any case, I took him to dinner at my mom and her boyfriend's for dinner after about 4 months, and his mom and dad took us out to dinner the following week. It's just whatever you feel comfortable with, but I personally probably wouldn't introduce a guy to my parents til I knew we were serious about one another.
mattea Posted December 27, 2005 Posted December 27, 2005 I agree that it really depends on the situation and your families. I think it's nicer if it just comes up naturally, but that's not always possible. My family lives across the country and they aren't terribly social, so I'd really have to make it deliberate that they meet someone I'm dating. And the way my parents are, I'd prefer to wait until I was in love and really trusted the person and felt that we were both pretty committed to staying together. On the other hand, I had a 6 year relationship with someone whose mother and sister I met two days after I met him! It just so happened that his mom was having a house-warming party and he was bringing a bunch of his other friends too - it was really laid back and wasn't like he was making it a point to introduce us because we weren't (of course) serious yet. He also invited me to spend Thanksgiving with his family that year, but mostly because I'd just moved from out of state and had no family here. It had only been a couple months since we started dating and I didn't feel ready, but by Christmas I went ahead and joined in with his family.
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