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The wife was scared to death when meeting my mom, the reason was the language barrier. The wife doesn't speak Spanish and my mom doesn't speak English so I served as a translator between them.
The wife was scared to death when meeting my mom, the reason was the language barrier. The wife doesn't speak Spanish and my mom doesn't speak English so I served as a translator between them.
be honest, did you make make up things as you went along to "smooth over" the introduction?
I was pretty nervous when I met my inlaws for the first time. The fact that they had a very poor grasp of english at the time and that they were coming to live with me for a couple months added to the stress level. They were cool though. They just turned my home into "little Moscow" by preparing all different types of Russian foods.
How did you feel about introducing your boyfriend/girlfriend or spouse to your family?
Were you proud to introduce your parents and siblings to your significant other?
Did you know your family and S.O. would hit it off well?
OR...................
Were you in hopes that they would be on their best behavior and not embarrass you by trotting out the family scandals?
Did you worry about what your S.O. would think and hope they didn't throw you under the bus because your family was deranged?
I'm curious about how YOU felt when you were going to introduce your sweetie to your family.
I was a nervous wreck because as I have stated in other threads, there are a couple folks in my family that I am terribly ashamed of. They are so morally bankrupt that I wonder how we could be related. My hubbys family are so "together." They are hard-working, have good values, raise their kids to be respectful of others, etc....Nice, decent people.
My family sprung from the Jerry Springer show.
I worried that my future husband would take one look at that group and decide that he would be better off with someone else.
My wife met my mom on our first date, sheerly by accident (My dad was already deceased). We went to a huge music festival and my Mom was there with some of her friends. So we chatted for five minutes and moved on. Two months later, my wife invited herself to Sunday dinner with my Mom. Piece of cake.
I'm actually meeting my boyfriend's Dad and his two younger brothers this Christmas for the first time. I am nervous and excited. I'm mostly nervous because I always feel like I want to make a good impression. I already met his mom, and funnily enough, she is just as socially awkward with new people as I am, so I guess it was okay. She was really nice though.
When I introduced my boyfriend to my mom, I just figured I'd keep my mouth shut. He'd already heard about her and actually, it was just better for me to sit it out & let her speak her mind, which she did, to him....it didn't seem to scare him off whatsoever.
She did proceed to tell him that she always dated older men who could take care of her...he just smiled sweetly at her...(remember the age difference thing)...well, I figure, all those men are way dead & maybe it's better the other way around! LOL!
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some things did get "edited" to create a nice enviroment.
