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Beachbride85
Expert October 2015

Is it weird that my parents haven't met his parents?

Beachbride85, on June 17, 2014 at 1:12 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 42

We've been dating for 3 years. Living together for a year and a half. Engaged for 3 months. Our parents still haven't met. Really he's only met mine a handful of times. I'm not very close with my family but still...is this weird lol

We've been dating for 3 years. Living together for a year and a half. Engaged for 3 months. Our parents still haven't met. Really he's only met mine a handful of times. I'm not very close with my family but still...is this weird lol

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  • Ariel
    Super October 2014
    Ariel ·
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    Ours are meeting for the first time in July. We've been together about 4 years, living together for 2 years, and engaged for 7 months. I don't think it's that weird.

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  • Elle
    Master March 2015
    Elle ·
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    We've been together for a while, and our parents are probably meeting for the first time some time in the next month. Smiley smile

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  • SnappyLove2015
    VIP April 2015
    SnappyLove2015 ·
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    Our moms have met but just very recently. We have lived together for 3 1/2 years and together for 5 1/2...his parents are travelers and always gone...and my mom won't fly. We live 5 1/2 hours from my mom and the drive is brutal. I'd love for my mom to meet FH dad. He's the only "dad" figure I have.

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  • Gamecock Mrs.
    Master October 2014
    Gamecock Mrs. ·
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    Apparently this is normal, but it stresses me out so badly! Our families vacation together!

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  • Emma
    Master October 2024
    Emma ·
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    Mine have met his on at least 5 occasions. To me, it is a bit strange.

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  • Beachbride85
    Expert October 2015
    Beachbride85 ·
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    Yea it's weird but I'm realistic to the fact inn in an unusual circumstance being I'm not close to my family. I see his more than I see my own. His parents used to vacation with his brothers girlfriend and they loves on the other side of the country! Eh it is what it is I guess lol

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  • GrayCatVintage
    Master October 2015
    GrayCatVintage ·
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    FH and I dated for I think 4 or 5 years before my mother threw a random hissy one Christmas and demanded that she meet his parents. I only live a 10 minute drive from FH's parents house so I must admit it was odd that they had not met before then. I see FH's parents at least 2-3 times a week and that has been the case for the last 7 years.

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  • Ashleigh
    Master November 2013
    Ashleigh ·
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    I don't think it's that weird. I had dated my DH for 7 years before we were married. Our mothers met at the bridal shower and the rest of the family met at the rehearsal dinner. However, my family lives about 2 hours away from his family.

    I actually did not even meet his parents until about year 3 of us dating. His mother spoke very badly of his sister's husband and he didn't want to expose me to her ridicule. But, apparently I'm pretty awesome, or she just talks about me behind my back. She's quite sweet and even threw my shower and haves us over for dinner a few times a month.

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  • MelissaC
    Master January 2015
    MelissaC ·
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    I kind of agree with Bride2Bee, I think it is a little weird only because you live pretty close to each other, but then again it may not be too weird since you said you aren't very close with your family. We introduced each other to our families after 9 months of dating and then we introduced my parents to his family after a year and a half of dating, but he is very family oriented and close with his family and I'm very close with my immediate family. He said he would not have asked me to marry him if his family and I did not get along and also if my family and he did not get along. He also asked my parents for my hand in marriage and said if they had told him no, that would have been it because he cannot break apart a family since marriage is the joining of two families. Plus our families only live 25 minutes away from each other. So it's a little weird, but then again it's not due to your relationship with your family.

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  • A
    Super November 2014
    Alison ·
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    My mom and talked to his mom once or twice on skype. But they live on different continents so not really any chance to meet in person. The wedding (well the few days beforehand) will be the first time Smiley smile

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  • Abbiell
    VIP October 2013
    Abbiell ·
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    That would be very weird to me. Some people wouldn't find it weird, but we see our parents weekly and spend quite a bit of time with both sets together. I can't imagine marrying someone without our families meeting.

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  • itsdone
    VIP October 2015
    itsdone ·
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    We've been together 6 years and living together for 5 and they haven't met yet. Both sides haven't show any interest. Pft. Whatevs!! Oh and they live about an hour away from each other.

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  • Liana
    VIP November 2014
    Liana ·
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    I think it just depends on the families and situations.

    Our parents met because they had a lot of mutual people in common. They would have met regardless of us dating. Our families didn't start actually "hanging out" until we got engaged.

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  • Holly
    Expert September 2014
    Holly ·
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    No, I dont think this is weird. My FH and I have been together for 2 years and 2 months. We've lived together for a year and 10 months. I have never met his father and my father passed away in 2009. I have met his mom and he has met my mom (at least thousands of times). But our parents have never met each other. The first time our mothers will meet is at our bridal shower, where it is only going to my family and his family.

    Besides, I am 4 hours from my family and we are only 30 minutes from his family.... except his dad who lives in another state (about 5 hours away).

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  • Future Mrs McCrary
    Super July 2014
    Future Mrs McCrary ·
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    My mom has not met his parents because she lives in texas and we are in the seattle area and she has only been up here a couple times for a few days each since us being together for 5 years. However his parents and my father ( parents have been divorced since I was 2) have shared many holidays together. They live about 20 minutes apart and we live about 45 minutes from both of them.

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  • FutureMrsMC
    VIP October 2014
    FutureMrsMC ·
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    Sometimes it just happens that way......our moms didnt meet eachother until this year at our venue tasting and FH & I have been together 12 yrs!

    i havent been overly close to his side so hence the reason parents never met

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  • Natali
    Just Said Yes July 2019
    Natali ·
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    We moved in got legaly married just him and me before that we dated four years and our parents havent met then again his parents have lived in indiana before we got married and moved in and mine are here. So yeah I hope one day they do meet.

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  • Katie
    Expert January 2021
    Katie ·
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    My parents just met him after we got engaged (6 years of dating). Not weird at all.
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  • Katie
    Expert January 2021
    Katie ·
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    His** they have met him lol
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  • JESSICA
    Just Said Yes November 2023
    JESSICA ·
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    All I can say is this chat really helped ease my fears😩My parents are meeting my fiance's parents for the first time ever. We've been engaged 6 mos and the wedding is in November. I'm really nervous bc my Mom can act really weird and awkward at times. Actually it can be quite embarrassing. I never know which personality will show up
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