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Nemo
Master August 2018

How did your parents meet each other?

Nemo, on September 5, 2017 at 1:08 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 72

How/when did your parents and FH's parents meet? This probably seems silly, but ours haven't met in person yet. We want them to meet, and they want to meet each other, but it just hasn't happened yet with trying to work with everyone's schedules and life circumstances. Our parents are pretty local to us. They all live within 20-45 minutes away.

We have friends/family members that have said their parents will meet each other at their engagement party, but we aren't having one so that isn't an option for us.

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Latest activity by P.F., on September 6, 2017 at 8:23 PM
  • FinallyaRoy17
    VIP October 2017
    FinallyaRoy17 ·
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    My parents wont be able to meet FH's parents. They both have passed. FH's dad passed when he (fh) was 10 years old and his mom just passed in 2015.

    My mom never got the chance to meet my dads parents either..

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  • C&N
    Super October 2017
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    Ours are meeting the weekend of the wedding. We're not having a rehearsal, but just having an informal BBQ/dinner for our families and OOT guests the night before so we can spend some time with them. Neither of our parents live locally and FH's parents live out of the country and there is a language barrier.

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  • Shai
    VIP August 2018
    Shai ·
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    Ours have never met. My mom passed away and FH's dad passed away as well. So my dad and his mom have never met but other family members have just those two haven't met eachother.

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  • Michelle
    Expert February 2018
    Michelle ·
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    Ours just met this past weekend. We wanted them to meet before the wedding because we don't want it to be in passing because we'll be so busy the day of.

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  • JSull
    Master October 2017
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    My parents met my FH's mom and stepdad (his dad passed) a few years ago. My parents were up for Christmas one year so FMIL came over for dessert one night. Then FMIL and my mom saw each other again at my shower.

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  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
    Mrs. Sponge ·
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    My FILs own a house in VT, they are from FL. They were nice enough to host dinner at their house in VT, so my parents drove up to VT from MA to meet them. FMIL stays up there during the summer by FFIL can't take that much time off of work, so it was difficult to find a weekend that he would be there too.

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  • MrsSki
    Master April 2017
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    We had dinner at our house and invited them over right after we got engaged

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  • TarHeel729
    Expert July 2017
    TarHeel729 ·
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    Neither of our parents are local to us. We are in Seattle, my husband's parents are in San Diego, and my parents are in NC. My parents were planning to come to Seattle last April, so we asked my husband's parents to come at the same time so they could meet before the wedding. Our wedding was in July.

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  • Chris
    Devoted July 2012
    Chris ·
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    I can't remember. My husband thinks they met the day we moved in together, which was only a few months after we met.

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  • Red2018
    VIP August 2018
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    My mom and FH's grandma have known each other for forever. They used to bowl together on Monday nights. Then FH's mom started bowling as well, so they have known each other for a long time. Before FH and I were even born. FH's parents are 10 years younger than mine, but they get a long nicely and sometimes FH's parents have my parents over for dinner and vice versa

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  • Emma
    Master May 2017
    Emma ·
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    After we got engaged we had both sets over for dinner.

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  • BookcaseHat
    Master July 2017
    BookcaseHat ·
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    We've been together since high school, so our parents met driving us to/from various school events/to each other's houses.

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  • VC
    Super April 2018
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    My FILs and parents met when I was 14 and FH was 16 for a dance that I had asked him to go to at my high school. They came to my house to drop him off in a separate car, as FH had literally just gotten his license days before. It was insanely awkward... I think my dad was wearing sweatpants at the time.

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  • FromOToP
    Dedicated June 2018
    FromOToP ·
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    My parents and FIL's met when FH proposed; he had them there taking pictures and they all helped set up!

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  • Emily
    Super July 2019
    Emily ·
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    Ours met when we first started dating and it was like 5 minutes. They live ~2 hours apart, so I'm hoping mom and FMIL meet during the planning process. Both sets are friendly and laid back so I'm not terribly worried.

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  • Sos0033
    VIP September 2017
    Sos0033 ·
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    Our parents unfortunately met at my grandfather's funeral. We weren't engaged yet and they didn't know my grandfather, but FH's parents came to support me and met my parents in the receiving line at the wake. The circumstances were not ideal...

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  • SarahJean419
    Dedicated October 2017
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    FH and I both grew up together so our parents already knew each other. Our dads went to the same schools growing up so they've known each other for a very long time!

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  • Mrsbdg
    Champion August 2017
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    My dad met my DH's parents about three days before the wedding for coffee while my dad was on a break at work. My mom met my DH's parents on the wedding day. It was so weird being that it was so separate for our entire relationship.

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  • Erin Wood
    Master July 2017
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    Ours met a couple years ago for thanksgiving and then again at our engagement party. It wasn't that important to us as a couple. I don't think they talked at all at the wedding. Definitely not going to be having large holidays with both sets of parents. H family is pretty antisocial and his family is just very different from mine.

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  • JerseyGirl
    Master May 2017
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    Ours both went with us to our tasting. That was the first time they met.

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