Ok so FH and MY parents haven't met yet...and we're not exactly facilitating it....anyway now we are feeling like we should plan some kind of get - together. What did everyone do?? I'm so ?? on where/what to plan?!
jteach711
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My mom and fh's mom actually met at our tasting for our rh. it was only like 1 month after week got engaged and it went perfect. And talk about different. His mom is like 20 years older and like Mother Theresa and my mom is young and not religious at all. My family will meet his dad who lives in Florida in June for our engagement party. I am less nervous for that b/c I love his dad and I am closer with him.
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My mom and fh's mom actually met at our tasting for our rh. it was only like 1 month after week got engaged and it went perfect. And talk about different. His mom is like 20 years older and like Mother Theresa and my mom is young and not religious at all. am closer with him.
OMG thats the same thing with my parents.
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My parents and FH parents met after we had been dating for a month. FH used to live upstate and my parents came to pick me up and that is how they met. They hit it off so great and became such great friends. After the wedding they want to go on a vacation together. I am very lucky to have FIL that I love and get along with and that get along with my parents.
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I started dating FH in high school and our parents met for the first time during high school. I can't remember the exact situation, but we always all go out together for dinner or holidays. Not to say they are best friends, but definitely not strangers. Its so cute though they invite each other to go out for their own birthday
ZKAT22
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Our families met after we got engaged. We all went out to dinner at a nice restaurant.
Jesses Girl
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we asked what the favorite restaurant of the inlaws (FH parents) was and took them there...
my dad ended up payin for it and it was all good, surprisingly
i was dreading the moment that they would meet
Julybride08
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Me and Fh have been together for 8 years. Our parents have already met. So they already knew each other and everything. And after we got engaged Fh's mom had everyone over for dinner.
Kimbalina
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Our parents meet at my college grad party 6 months after we started dating. So they know each other pretty well. I would say just go out to diner with all of them and make it casual!
Fall Bride 2008
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I dont remember thats bad but they get along and we all hang out and stuff
jessica08bride
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Our families met after we got engaged. We all went out to dinner at a nice restaurant.
Same here. we brought our siblings, nieces and nephews along too.
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my parents had met FH's family before..but there was nothing very formal..when we got engaged, FH and I took his immediate family, my immediate family, and our grandparents out to the Manor for dinner (we went for their buffet so there would be people getting up and sitting down and we could talk about the lobster and stuff if the conversation died down and people didn't feel stuck at their seat)
before we went to dinner, FH and I made a cheat sheet for each family that had a short background on each family member and included little facts that we thought would bring people together. for instance, his brother and my brother both like the simpsons so we included it so they'd know they have something to talk about...it was cute. by the end of the night, his grandfather and my grandmother were walking around the Manor by themselves..holding hands (not in the gross way, in the cute old friends way) and talking about their villages back in china...
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Thank god our parents met a few times already. But the first time they sat down for dinner i was going crazy. FH was calm as usual.
KADJLC
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Our parents used to hang out when they were in their 20s. So they already knew eachother. But they haven't seen eachother in a long time so we all went out to dinner & it was great. They were talking about old times.
Luvbsb4eva
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We had our parents meet about 4 months after we started dating, we went out to dinner... it worked out really well, and our parents get along great! I'm kinda glad we didn't wait till after we were engaged to do that... it would've been more stress on top of all the wedding stuff!
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So funny that this topic came up - this past Sunday was the first time my mom and sister met FH's family... EVER - in over 8 yrs. FMIL told FH to invite them. They never really had a reason to meet before -- my fam is in Bklyn, his in LI, and neither have a reason to go to the other place! I was kind of nervous, not that they wouldn't get along, I guess just weirded out to have my two worlds collide LOL. It went well though, and then in July we're having an informal BBQ type thing/E-party where my whole fam will come out there. That unnerves me a little - some of my relatives..... let's just say it'll be interesting!!
DGoldfarb0776
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Lol my aunt (who is the closest relative I have atm) haven't met FH parents yet.. I am going to do a neutral territory though when we all do get together.
jgl
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FH and I didnt have this problem.
We were friends in HS and started dating after. We went to the same HS our mom's went to.
We realized after we started dating that my mom actually went to school with his mom and his Aunt. His Aunt and my mom actually worked together when they were younger. (oh and his cousin was on my brothers baseball teacm, which my dad coached)
While we dated in the first couple of years they didnt get together much, more brief moments, a few parties here and there.
It has become more frequent now. WHen we get together with them we also get together with his aunts and uncles/ grandparents and visa versa. MY grandparents are always included. They get along, but they have different personalities
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My parents and his parents are COMPLETE opposites.. they couldn't be more different so we were really dreading it.. BUT it went much better than we expected... his parents live 2 hrs away so one weekend they came down, we all went out for dinner (plus my brother cause he's good with keeping conversations going).. everybody talked and had a nice time. I thought for sure it would have been a disaster but it was fine. Don't worry, it will be fine for you too!!!!
graezie
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you should plan a get together. it's always nice that your parents meet before the wedding day... or the shower!
do something small. even if it's a simple dinner in your place or your parents.
ShanonandSteve
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my parents met a few times over the last 5 years. nothing two-on-two though..
after we got engaged we took everyone to see one the RHs we were interested in and after that went to a restaurant for lunch.
