meet the parents (not)

talulahbeige_2

I'm surprised your still in a relationship!

I'm not surprised you havent met them on a formal one on one basis yet either.
Maybe your partner doesn't feel comfortable introducing you face to face yet, a party is an ideal opportunity to meet people but not be stuck with them if you don't get on!

Maybe they have expressed their concerns that if they meet you on a one to one basis they won't liek you and have to spend time with you with no escape route?

BitterAndTwisted

You really have been sending out very mixed messages! First you want to meet the parents then when you're invited twice you refused. If I were the OH's parents I would have a pretty negative attitude to you by now without even having met you yet. It's possible that you won't receive another invitation after having turned them down when they may not understand your reasons for doing so.

If it's important to you to meet the OH's family I think you and OH should decide on a time, date and venue and invite them yourself but don't be surprised if they decline.

ClareEmily

talulahbeige wrote: »

Maybe they have expressed their concerns that if they meet you on a one to one basis they won't liek you and have to spend time with you with no escape route?

Brilliant...

Mankysteve

Just go meet them if you don't like them that's life we all have to hang around people we don't like it part of life get used to it.

Pollycat

I agree with the posts that say you're being petty about meeting your partner's parents.
You sound to me like a prima donna who stamps their feet if things aren't exactly to their liking.

You've had a couple of good opportunities but have declined because there would have been lots of other people there too.
I actually think that might have been a good thing for a first meeting.

However, I do think that there may be something wrong with the relationship with your partner.
Why don't you read through your original post and count how many times you say you "demanded" or "I told him....."?

DigitalJedi

Good god. You sound like a total nightmare. I'd have dumped you by now.

Joelleski

Are you for real? I'd been with my then boyfriend (now hubby) 3 months, knew the relationship was serious and couldn't wait to meet his family, and they wanted to meet me too. If you find it tedious, lump it, it's not the end of the world you know. My hubby's family is Spanish, their English isn't great, my Spanish is worse than rotten (I know the swear-words now :rotfl:) and he took me over to Spain for 2 weeks to meet all of his family. It was a struggle, especially as I didn't understand much, but I knew it was important to my hubby that I met everyone, so I toughed it out. It turned out good in the end... you never know, you might enjoy meeting them !

Rockporkchop

OMG. And you wonder why your OH was reluctant to introduce you to his family?!!

bonty44

A shame you have not taken the two opportunities to meet them; I would have thought that a party was the best place to meet family as you can escape from anyone you don't take to ...

I'm more concerned about why I had to meet OH's family, would have been quite happy to leave it 2 years, lol!

Plans_all_plans

What is wrong with you? No offence but you sound like a nightmare.

At first I thought he's having an affair with you and that's why he didn't want you to meet his parents, but I dont think that's the reason.