British families.

Savvy_Sue

If you made something (I'm thinking brownies or shortbread - flat and undecorated!) and got it off first class in Monday's post it should definitely arrive. (At the moment, Royal Mail is likely to offer a better service than what you were used to in the USA, from what I can gather ...)

Mrs_Ryan

Just with regards to your bras I saw you mention- you’re correct, 34DDD is a UK 34E. I buy a lot of bras from Victoria’s Secret and their sizing is US sizing. They have a little chart on their website which explains that DDD is equal to an E cup. 

Riley_G

Savvy_Sue said:

If you made something (I'm thinking brownies or shortbread - flat and undecorated!) and got it off first class in Monday's post it should definitely arrive. (At the moment, Royal Mail is likely to offer a better service than what you were used to in the USA, from what I can gather ...)

USPS was reallllllly slow. Unless you paid for priority then it was just slow! I hear Royal Mail can get like that. Stuffs arrived pretty quickly.

I want to be a bit American so I made some brownies last night and they are wrapped beautifully for the UPS man to come (back home if we wanted to send something quickly. We either overnighted with Fedex or UPS). Plus UPS is very American.

Mrs_Ryan said:

Just with regards to your bras I saw you mention- you’re correct, 34DDD is a UK 34E. I buy a lot of bras from Victoria’s Secret and their sizing is US sizing. They have a little chart on their website which explains that DDD is equal to an E cup. 

I find Victorias secret either really beautiful or not so much. I only really bought from there when I had spare money or I was trying to impress.

pollypenny

I would love an afternoon tea with a prospective daughter-in-law.  If nothing else, you'll both be able to talk about the cakes and sandwiches. 

Riley_G

pollypenny said:

I would love an afternoon tea with a prospective daughter-in-law.  If nothing else, you'll both be able to talk about the cakes and sandwiches. 

Just wondering what she is going to ask? Back home, I would always get asked if I am pregnant and what my intentions in life were.

littlegreenparrot

Ask your boyfriend, he must have introduced people before? 

Those seem like quite heavy duty questions to me. I would expect it to be much lighter, more general getting to know you chat. You have after all only just moved in, it's early days yet. 
It's interesting, I get the impression from your posts that these things are much more formal where you're from than what I would expect here. 
I know it's easier said than done, but try not to over think it, she's just being nosy and wants a chat 😆

Emmia

IMO if your boyfriend's mother decides to grill you about your intentions/fertility etc. then I'd be somewhat inclined to tell her to mind her own business.

Riley_G

littlegreenparrot said:

Ask your boyfriend, he must have introduced people before? 

Those seem like quite heavy duty questions to me. I would expect it to be much lighter, more general getting to know you chat. You have after all only just moved in, it's early days yet. 
It's interesting, I get the impression from your posts that these things are much more formal where you're from than what I would expect here. 
I know it's easier said than done, but try not to over think it, she's just being nosy and wants a chat 😆

He keeps telling me not to worry.

The few parents Ive met have been quite strict. I am hoping its just a chat

bouicca21

I’d expect his mum would like to know how serious things are, but I’d not expect her to ask!  And it’s certainly none of her business to know about babies, actual or potential - and wouldn’t be even the couple were married. I’d expect it to be more of a a hi, how are you settling in, is it very difficult to adjust, and there’s always the good old Brit standby of asking about the weather ...

Riley_G

My boyfriend said it shouldn't be anything heavy.

It was his birthday today, It was a bit of a disaster to be honest. The cake I baked failed and I had some American candies and sodas. My boyfriend loved it, He knows I don't have the money to buy him expensive things that his friends I should get him. I got him a model. I'm just a bit down that things went wrong. I wanted to his birthday to be perfect.