When It's Best To Meet Your Partner’s Parents and How to Make a Good Impression?

When you meet your partner's parents - a trial and an experience that you often do not rush to live! It is a step forward in your relationship, but your enthusiasm may be so low that you would rather delay this step.

Parents can sometimes be difficult: a mother will think that her son is a prince who deserves a perfect girl - and a father will think that no man is good enough for his dear little girl… So you go to "war", waiting to be analyzed as a museum piece and judged according to the most unrealistic standards…

When you meet your partner's parents - what not to do:

Don't delay the moment too much! If you have been together for some time, postponing the moment when you meet his parents - no matter how tempting - may be a wrong step: his parents will think you have something to hide…

And your partner may think that you do not want to know his family because you have no serious intentions and you don't care! So gather your strength and start conquering your partner's family when he tells you it's the time!

Set the first date as soon as possible! The first time you meet them, it would be a bit of a hassle to have to endure a long family picnic or dinner. importance…

This way, you will have time to make a first impression, but you will be spared too long conversations and too deep analyzes on yourself. It will be easier for you a second time to adapt and talk to them after you have a first opinion about what kind of people they are…

Do your "homework" by asking your partner for some information about what kind of people they are. Especially what you shouldn't talk about at all with your parents. Ask what his parents know about your relationship and you, so you don't make mistakes. Of course, your partner may describe his parents as cute - and you may look like an ogre disguised as a human being…

The key to success is to be prepared for anything and keep a calm attitude. After all, many parents are nice and maybe you're lucky

Don't stand out - when you meet your partner's parents, it's not the right time to make a fuss or shock. So, choose a conformist outfit, which does not make you stand out too much… The more you look like a young man/woman "in his place", without anything out of the ordinary, the better!

Be polite and kind. Respect good manners and try to have a pleasant conversation. But don't overdo it by complimenting them too much and don't try too hard to please ourselves - when we try too hard, they're more likely to fail!

When you are put in a situation to spend more time with your partner's parents, you get rid of embarrassing questions or remarks very simply - you talk more about your partner, you talk about how great and good he is, you ask his parents about him, maintaining the conversation around your partner and not around you. As for their questions about you - try to give answers that present you in a good light (but not too good!).

If you like it or not? Don't stress too much, however, wondering if your partner's parents like you or not! Their opinion is not the opinion of your partner! If you strive to be a pleasant presence, but they are not satisfied, it should be their problem and not yours! In addition, the opinion of your parents leads to completely different results, depending on how your partner is!

For example, if he is a rebel who does the exact opposite of what is suggested to him, too good an opinion of his parents about you can cut him off (your partner may even feel pressured by your parents to be with you)!

In this situation, if, on the other hand, your parents do not agree with you, your partner will be even more attracted to you - this is what is called the "Romeo and Juliet" effect when the passion is intensified by disapproval and prohibition.

If, on the other hand, your partner is guided by the opinions of others and values ​​the judgments of his parents, their good opinion will help you… But in general, your parents' opinion should not affect you too much for the other!

And if the moment when you meet the couple's parents doesn't go too well, if you don't make a very good impression on them - it's not the end of the world! You will not be by far the first person who is not liked by his partner's parents! If what you two have is serious, in time they will get used to you, they will accept you and exempt you from sharp remarks…

One last idea: when you meet your partner's parents, try to get rid of the classic idea: as the girl's mother is, the girl will end up; and just as the boy's father will be, so will the boy.

Nor is the idea that you will spend your life not only with your partner but with your whole family ("you don't just marry the person but with the whole family"), not one to think about too much - there are, indeed, parents. brawlers who intervene excessively in the lives of young people - but you can avoid this "family drama"…