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Here's a question. Say you are casually dating (and sleeping with) a person for two months. You are from out of town with no local family; your date has a large family in the area. Do you expect to be invited to do something for Thanksgiving?
Will the family see this person as a friend or casual squeeze, or will the family expect that the two are now affianced and ask all kinds of nosy questions?
Will the family see this person as a friend or casual squeeze, or will the family expect that the two are now affianced and ask all kinds of nosy questions?
Well that's how it works in my family, once you bring a date it becomes a subject of conversation which will not get dropped!
I wouldn't expect to be invited. Holiday gatherings with family tend to be on the intimate/personal side so I'm not sure a casual date would be extended an invitation. It would largely depend on how one is viewed by the family if invited (potential LTR, gf/bf, etc).
Nope, not after just two months. Matter of fact, I think I would be secretly dreading the possibility of being invited to meet someone's immediate and extended family during an intimate holiday such as Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Well that's how it works in my family, once you bring a date it becomes a subject of conversation which will not get dropped!
Then I think it would be better not to invite the person, but an explanation would be nice, as would an invitation to eat together on Friday. But that's just me; I like having a lot of people around on holidays, and I like to cook. If that gesture would be overly girlfriendy on my part and not appreciated, then I'd skip that too.
Nope, not after just two months. Matter of fact, I think I would be secretly dreading the possibility of being invited to meet someone's immediate and extended family during an intimate holiday such as Thanksgiving or Christmas.
I agree. I would not be ready to meet the family, after just two months of casual dating..let alone for Thanksgiving when everybody and their brother is there..
Maybe he could offer to "bring you a doggie bag."
Nope, not after just two months. Matter of fact, I think I would be secretly dreading the possibility of being invited to meet someone's immediate and extended family during an intimate holiday such as Thanksgiving or Christmas.
I agree. I would not be ready to meet the family, after just two months of casual dating..let alone for Thanksgiving when everybody and their brother is there..
Maybe he could offer to "bring you a doggie bag."
Not only that, but I can barely tolerate my own relatives at times without wanting to commit parricide. Thanksgiving is a time of year when people who spend the rest of the year avoiding one another get together over copius amounts of food and awkward dinner conversation. I like keeping things simple on the holidays. Immediate family only, and perhaps one or two really close friends.
Not only that, but I can barely tolerate my own relatives at times without wanting to commit parricide. Thanksgiving is a time of year when people who spend the rest of the year avoiding one another get together over copius amounts of food and awkward dinner conversation. I like keeping things simple on the holidays. Immediate family only, and perhaps one or two really close friends.
Yep. I would not want to be put in that sitution..
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