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I was a bit nervous. I met them about 7 months after we started dating. Then we spent the weekend at their house a few months later. They took me in and treated me as their own and are just great people.
I still consider it a big deal and only reserved for when your relationship takes a more serious turn.
When I was young, of course, every young man had to meet my parents. Now...well, my parents are gone, but he did have to meet my brothers and sister.
Does meeting the parents of your boyfriend/girlfriend still mean what it used to?
I've always thought it was reserved for serious relationships moving towards engagement, but I'm seeing a trend towards couples meeting the parents much earlier on nowdays.
At what point in your relationship did you introduce/meet the parents?
depends on age
i always wanted to take a woman home to meet the parents, when she was 7-8 months pregnant, see some shock & awe.. j/k!
it all depends on the parents, and it all depends on history, if some parents met many s/o then the shine is off
but to others its a pretty big deal
it was a big deal for me....when younger- but I usually get along great with parents...
if i had to pick a time, id say at least three months
In my current relationship I met my girlfriend's mother before I met my girlfriend.
I don't see why 'meeting the parents' is a big deal.
I met my husbands parents on our first date and it was unpleasant. I wanted to tell his mother to sod off and mind your own business. What do you think I'm going to marry him? Well I did wind up marrying him, but the questions. I felt like I was being interrogated.
I haven't introduced any guys to my parents since I've been living on my own. My ex's parents conveniently lived out of town, although I probably wouldn't have been introduced to them even if they had lived locally.
To sum things up, yes I think meeting the parents is a big deal.
My ex So's parents were really cool. We flew to Mass. to visit and within 5 minutes of arriving her Dad says, "you two will sleep in this room...the whips and chains are in the closet". The So now, meeting her Mom was like meeting the devil in person.
Your potential in laws (esp dad) joking about your sex life with their daughter is "cool"? To each their own, but it sounds a little uncomfortable to me.
I met them and I didn't like the experience and I haven't seen them in a while and I avoid her entire family altogether. Though my SO doesn't like making excuses for my absence they should get the fact that I don't like them anyway.
Your potential in laws (esp dad) joking about your sex life with their daughter is "cool"? To each their own, but it sounds a little uncomfortable to me.
I wouldn't want to meet a woman's parents unless we were pretty serious.
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I met my husbands parents on our first date and it was unpleasant. I wanted to tell his mother to sod off and mind your own business. What do you think I'm going to marry him? Well I did wind up marrying him, but the questions. I felt like I was being interrogated. 
