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Katie
Master October 2016

When did you introduce your SO to your family?

Katie, on August 21, 2017 at 9:41 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 56

I'm just curious as I know everyone is different. I introduced my DH after about 2 months of dating (seeing each other 3-4 times per week). It wasn't a planned thing and I would have waited probably another month but all of us were going to the same concert so it just made sense to introduce him.

Also if you have kids how long did you wait before introducing your SO to your kids? I'm curious to see if/how the answers are different.

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Latest activity by Charley, on August 22, 2017 at 8:28 AM
  • Amanda
    Super October 2017
    Amanda ·
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    FH and I met in May, we started dating in September, he met my parents at Christmas time.

    His parents unexpectedly dropped in on him one day a month and a half after we had started dating so I met them then. Smiley smile

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  • Malakia
    Just Said Yes May 2022
    Malakia ·
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    My so met my family at family reunion a month ago. She knews i have 3 kids

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  • Annie
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    I was/still am living with my parents when my FH and I started dating in January 2015. It was probably after 3/4 weeks of dating that we introduced one another to our parents. I met his step mom and dad in February 2015, but met his mom in May 2015. Right away we clicked with each others families so it worked out well!

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  • CoolKat
    Super October 2017
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    FH met my entire family at Christmas after a month of dating. I invited him to come since he would be spending the holiday alone due to his family being out of state.

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  • Christina
    Super June 2018
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    We both met each other's families around 2 months of dating

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  • FutureBennis
    VIP October 2017
    FutureBennis ·
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    I met his family after 2 weeks and he met mine after a month.

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  • Kristen
    VIP October 2017
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    I let FH my freshman year of college. My mom came up to visit me one Saturday and I told her about a boy that took me on a date the night before (we officially became a couple two days after the date, so Sunday). She said "you should bring him home next weekend!" Of course I was thinking heck no, at that point we weren't even a couple. I told FH about what she said and how ridiculous it was, and he was totally on board with it.

    TL;DR, one week.

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  • Jaclyn
    Super September 2018
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    We went on our first date July 2014.. he met my immediate family a month later, then the whole family at thanksgiving.

    I met his family literally the day after our first date.. and I mean his WHOLE family. He invited me over for his sisters birthday.

    It was super fast but I was honestly so comfortable and looking back I wouldn't have changed a thing.

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  • mtall912
    Super October 2018
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    FH and I started dating beginning of December. He has no family here so he came to all the Christmas events and parties that year and met everyone

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  • annakay511
    Master July 2015
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    I met DH in September and introduced him to my parents about a month later. We are both very family oriented (in fact, our first date was a group date and his brother was there!) but also I was living at home at the time!

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  • Hannah
    Super August 2017
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    It wasn't too long because I lived with my parents when we met! I was 19. I also had a son (yeah I made really good decisions as a teenager) and I didn't introduce him to my son until we had been seeing each other for about 6 months. He came over to pick me up for dates or whatever but always after my son was in bed.

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  • ThePeoplesBride
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    FH and I met in college in October. We started dating in November. My dad met him after winter break around January. I met his immediate family in February. His mom met my mom and younger sister about a year later.

    The rest of my family didn't meet him until about 3 years ago when he started to come to our Christmas dinners after we had been dating for just about 4 years. Tomorrow will be the first time my dad has ever met his mom though.

    We don't have any kids outside of our fur babies that we rescued together a year ago.

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  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
    Mrs. Sponge ·
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    FH met my uncle within a few weeks of us dating. My uncle was renting a room from me at the time. My uncle started planning our wedding that night lol. I tried to hold off on introducing him to my parents as long as I could but he met my mom and step dad about a month after we started dating. As for my son, my plan was that I would not introduce anyone to him until 6 months- 1 year after dating to know that it was serious. But FH quickly became my best friend and I knew really early on. So he met my son after about 3 months.

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  • F
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    We met in August, I think I introduced him to my parents after a few weeks, definitely before September. He picked me up at my parents for a date as I was still living at home at the time. He met the rest of thr family at various get togethers over the course of our first months of dating.

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  • Brooke
    Expert September 2017
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    My family already knew him because he was our mechanic! LOL

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  • Beachy
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    I think it was just around a year. He was long distance and our schedules didn't line up the best. He sees them weekly if not more now after almost 7 years.

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  • Alforev
    VIP August 2018
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    I'm a bad example because I was in high school when my FH and I started dating, so when he picked me up for our first date he had met my parents right away. I don't necessarily recommend bringing a SO around family too quickly if you think that your family would judge him/her too much. That's what happened with us and it ended up starting a lot of drama for the beginning of our relationship. My FH actually wasn't near my family for a solid five years until he eventually went to get coffee with my father and they tried to talk out their differences. It took a lot of time for his relationship with my family to heal because they initially weren't fond of him for not being catholic. It was a whole messed up situation, but everything worked out in time. Looking back, I probably wouldn't have had him over my parent's house as much as I did throughout our first year to give them a chance to get to know him slowly.

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  • Betsy
    Expert October 2017
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    FH ended up with Bronchitis the first winter we were together so I met his parents about 2 months in when his mom came to his house to drop off his medicine and I went to the driveway to get them. FH met my little sister on our first date (Yikes) and I'm assuming he met my parents shortly after since we all celebrated my birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas together. While he still doesn't see my family very often (my choice, I keep them at arm's length), we are with his immediate family at least weekly, during the holidays almost daily.

    ETA: Just saw the 2nd half of your post talking about kids. We know we want kids. We know how many we want and that we are about 75% certain we want to adopt 1. But, I didn't go to college straight out of HS and have decided to return. This is semester #4 of my return and I still have a long ways to go since I'm going part-time. I think we plan to discuss kids at 6 months after marriage, but I'm assuming we will wait until I'm done. I hope sooner, but I would worry about how much time we have/our ability to raise kids with me working 40 hrs/week during the day, and he works 60 hrs/week overnight, plus my schooling. Children would be with babysitters/in daycare until at least 5 pm every day and I'm not sure I want to do that.

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  • AD2AP
    VIP June 2018
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    I don't know if mine counts because I was only 17 and still living at home, but we met each others parents on our first date.

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  • Emma
    Master May 2017
    Emma ·
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    We met in January and started dating in July. I met his parents after a couple days because he lived with them. He met my parents probably a month into it. We had both sets of parents over for dinner.

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