Friskyone: So, you are in an intimate long term relationship and you have very strong feelings for your partner/husband, wife. You want to introduce them to your parents. Your family doesn't like them. They constantly cringe everytime they are around each other.
What do you do in that situation? Has it ever happened to you? How did you handle it?
My parents didn't like my first boyfriend - because of his father (beyond any shadow of a doubt biggest a**hole you could meet). He was a good guy they grew to like very much in the more than 6 years we were together. Who I picked as my partner was always my decision and I wouldn't have listened anyway. On the other hand, my parents were a great team and my ideal of a partnership. I haven't been with a guy that ever treated me badly (or I him) but there were things with my ex that weren't right enough that it didn't work. None of them were "bad" though.
If she has any common sense, she will look through him. Is it possible in the States to look up if he had convictions etc.? If this is the case, you could show her. Otherwise just be there and hopefully, she will see sense if he is a "bad apple". At the end of the day, she has to live with him.
Shadow68London, Greater London, England UK36 posts
Friskyone: So, you are in an intimate long term relationship and you have very strong feelings for your partner/husband, wife. You want to introduce them to your parents. Your family doesn't like them. They constantly cringe everytime they are around each other.
What do you do in that situation? Has it ever happened to you? How did you handle it?
I would assume that most people who have husband or wives , would have already been introduced to the parents .
Melody1671: There's nothing wrong with you feeling that way... You wish the best man to be by your daughter's side... Then, I would say be patient, and don't forget your daughter got her intelligence from you ... I hope that means she will open her eyes sooner rather than later...
P.S. Is he really a loser?... Have you given him the chance to prove you wrong?...
Thank you. In the beginning he had plenty of chances, now I just avoid him. Loser is one nicer of the rest of the names I address him as.
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