Should I be concerned?

[MandyWooWoo]

Hi All,
I'd really like some peoples opinions on this please.
I have known my SO online for about 12 years, although we did lose touch for several years. It was only 4 months ago that we realised that we were falling for each other. We live in different countries. We have met up once IRL (he came to my country).
My SO is always 'there' when I need him, he does everything he can to make me feel special and tells me daily how much he loves me.
What is worrying me is that he has told his family that we are only friends.
He says that this is because he's worried that they will find it weird that we're serious about each other, because we have only met in person once.
I am supposed to be visiting him in a couple of months, and I feel uncomfortable that I willl have to behave like we are not a couple when we are with his family.

Should I tell him that I feel like this, or should I just accept that he doesnt feel ready to tell them that he's in love with a girl he met on the internet, and trust that he will tell them when the time is right for him?

(sorry the post is a little long, I tried to keep details to a minimum)

[snow_girl]

Let him know what you just posted. Maybe after the visit he will consider it more concrete and tell everyone you are more then a friend then? Some people find it weird to fall for someone online, maybe he feels like the people around him won't understand.

[kittyo9]

I think there's no reason you should have to behave a particular way around him or his family/friends when you are with him. Tell him how you feel, and perhaps your visit might be a good time to break it to his family that you guys are more than friends, since you would have visited him more than once now and it's a few months away. There isn't much you can do about their reactions, but it doesn't really matter. You shouldn't have to censor yourself. I think the best way for things to happen is to let them flow naturally.

[MandyWooWoo]

Thank you both for the advice, I feel you are right, I will just go with the flow for now, and see how the visit goes first. xxx