Meeting The Future In-Laws: How Long Did You Date Before First Meeting Your Partner's Family?

View Quoted Comment Oh wow, very cool that you met his family on the day of the first date! Totally makes sense why you weren't ready to introduce him to your family at that time. I'm not sure why people think those who are quiet are being rude! I'm also a quiet/shy person, and I've sometimes run into the same issue. That's great that you feel more comfortable around your FFIL and that your relationship with him has improved! Also, awesome that you have such a good relationship with so many of his family members!

View Quoted Comment COVID and distance definitely make it difficult to meet family members. Awesome that you were finally able to meet them!

I had known my future in laws for a bit since me and fiance's sister were friends. But the big step was when my fiancé and I started dating maybe a few months after, they invited me over for dinner. That was a big step for me. We were close and cordial before, but now we are super close. We goof around and have a lot of fun together. I love them so much!! I was praying for my future in laws and God has blessed me with them.

My fiance and I met in late October. I met his siblings 3 weeks after our first date, at his birthday party, and then his parents and grandmother at about 8 weeks., so that I'd met them before going to their house for Christmas.

I am not sure when my parents met him.

Looking back, it seems very quickly after starting to date, but it just kind of happened that way due to the various holidays/milestones that were happening around that time.

I liked them when I met them, and I adore them now. They're really lovely easy going people.

View Quoted Comment Very cool! That seems like a good time frame to meet the families.

View Quoted Comment Oh wow, very cool! Did you plan ahead of time to introduce him to your family at the first date? Or did things just work out that way?

View Quoted Comment Sounds like a good timeframe! And awesome that you get along so well with your in-laws!

Hi ! Well, I think I wouldn't like to meet me in-laws on the first or even 4th date :-D They don't live in the same city as us, so we couldn't really bump into each other by accident ;-) So I met them for Easter, in their house, 4 months after our first date. After that we were seeing each other frequently, going out to restaurants, spending time together... Unfortunately my father in law got sick and he passed away couple of months after our wedding. And soon after it was my dad who left us... So now we have just our mums, and it's not the same dynamic...

I honestly don't remember, but I'd say it was around 3 weeks to a month in. I had notoriously been a serial dater with dramatic endings before him so I was very hesitant to introduce him to my family right away since I was already getting a lot of "Oh God here we do again" from them. His family immediately made me feel at home but I had a hard time reciprocating because they all speak Spanish, and while I can understand it almost perfectly, I couldn't carry on a conversation.

It's so much better now, especially because my spanish is better and none of them make me feel awkward for stumbling over certain words or phrases. I love my in-laws - they're such good people

View Quoted Comment A few months seems pretty reasonable, especially with the distance. And very cool that you met his kids first! Great to hear that you have a good relationship with your FMIL - I'm sure your kids enjoy getting to see her everyday!

I'll say about 2 months

We were together for maybe 7-8 months before I met all his family.

I met my FH parents about 3 months after dating. We were both in college at the time and he was from out of state and hadn't seen them in a year due to not having a car. I drove him out to Delaware to see them for Thanksgiving and was super nervous! He is the oldest of 7 kids. His family welcomed me with open arms and the conversation flowed easily.


We've been together for 6 years now and are getting married next year. I can only hope to continue having a good relationship with my in laws.

We had dated roughly 2 months prior to meeting each other's families

Only took about a couple weeks after we became official into a relationship, but we were only talking for about a month prior. He wanted me to meet them ASAP. Our entire relationship has moved pretty quickly, but nothing has ever felt more natural than being together. Everything has been so right. My relationship with his parents has so far been pretty great! We have been together only a total of 4 months. We are getting married May2022.

I met my in-laws at Christmas time in 2015 after a whole year of dating. FH comes from a small country town that is an 8 hour drive and between my studies and that distance, it just took us a very long time to get the introductions out of the way.

We still live just as far apart though I do my most to have a good relationship with them. Probably due to the distance, it's not as close as a relationship as I would like but we can definitely all rely on one another and confide in one another if we need to.

Lol I met my partner’s mother and stepdad on date #4. It was way sooner than what I would have done, it was SO super nerve-wracking, but he loves his mother so much and in retrospect it makes sense. And I love my in-laws too, they’re good people.

About a month after we started dating because we knew we found our soulmate

View Quoted Comment That's a unique way to meet your in-laws, lol! A few weeks into the relationship isn't too bad, though I can understand how that might be a little sooner than intended (I didn't want to meet my fiance's parents until we'd been together for at least a couple months). When did you intend to meet them (if you hadn't meet them sooner)? And awesome that you have such a close relationship with your MIL!

View Quoted Comment Lol, this is so true!