How long did it take your parents to accept your LDR?

[katiecat08]

How long before your parents actually accepted you're in an LDR and were fine with it?

[Irina_Linn]

5 minutes

[emsimes]

My dad and stepmom were pretty accepting of it right from the start..they had met my SO even before we became a couple and they've liked him ever since

My mom and stepdad, however...they were completely against our relationship from the start, even though they had met my SO before we were a couple. They liked him when he and I were just friends, but once I told them that we had started a relationship, the shit hit the fan :/
They weren't supportive of us for the first few months, but eventually, they came around

[Kiyama]

0 minutes. I'm an adult and my parents wouldn't interfere with my life if it wasn't absolutely necessary.

[kiara_silver]

I think for my mom it was when I went to go visit him which was almost three years in our relationship :P And for my dad I think this time around after me giving him our recent news he's realized my SO isn't going anywhere. Idk my dads been a bit back and forth before this, I think his thing was he accepts it, but he didn't want to? He doesn't hate my SO it's just he hates that im with anyone, lock me up and keep me young forever kinda thing :P

[Brieasaurus]

After a few months of me talking about him non stop and skyping with him. After the first visit, they started to accept it and now, after our second, they fully support it. It's been about two and a half years.

[lovefrom2800milesaway]

It's been 2 years that I've been in an LDR, and my parents have started to slowly accept it. It's just my grandparents who aren't as supportive, but I don't blame them. They don't really understand the whole "technology" era and the power of the internet, so I don't expect them to be as understanding.

[snow]

About.. 10 months I'd say.

[13000km]

I introduced him to my parents as a friend and let them say hi on Skype, so had already expected and accepted humans our relationship by the time I told them

[chizatlauren]

A few months, maybe three? But they still think he's a suitor and he's coming here to court me. Hehehehe. They don't know I already gave him my yes.

[garnet]

I have no idea. But thats okay because I'm an old lady and answer to myself.

[blankita719]

Seeing as I am 34, my parents approval didn't matter. Luckily, mom approves so there is no issue

She did not approve when I was 18, but seeing as how we kept in touch for many years, when we got back together almost 3 years ago, she accepted the situation right away. What she doesn't accept is the possibility of me moving

[Catface]

I'm 23, so it's not as big a deal for me. However it was my mother and my best friend that saw the signs between my SO and I. They were the ones who gave me the little nudges that made me notice that I really liked him. My mother is a big part of my life, so when my SO was planning to come over for 2.5 months, I went to her to ask if she would be okay with him being here for the Christmas holidays. Without hinting at what the conversation would be, I said "Mom, I want to talk to you." She said, "Are you going there or is he coming here?" I told her he was coming here. She said, "Will he be here for Thanksgiving? No? Christmas then." That's all it took. She was very accepting of the way things went and is very supportive

[dreamcream]

It took 4 years for them to accept our relationship and allow us to finally meet. Although we were adults, we still needed our parents permission before we were allowed to meet and get married.

[squeeker]

I was 19 when I met my boyfriend and 20 when we declared our relationship and met for the first time, and I think my parents were skeptical at first but they allowed me to make my own decisions, and just making sure I'd be safe. My mom has talked to him on video call a few times and my dad is even getting warmed up to him too I think. He still has yet to visit here (fear of flying amoungst other things) and so that's the only thing that they might like different.

I remember a key moment with my dad was right before I left for the airport, he asked me how I could know he was really who he said he was. He quieted and seeemed to be okay with it once I told him we video called (audio and video) and so I knew. I know my mom accepts us as a couple and she's said how she feels bad how it has to be so much harder for us to be in the same place, and this came around our summer visit when we'd been together about 2 years. But really it doesn't matter how much they might prefer if I was in a relationship with someone closer, they do accept my relationship and have since I told them. I also have never been in a relationship so I think they were probably happy I found someone.

I do think it'll be hard for parents to let go of their children in any way but even harder when there's a possibility they will move far away and maybe even raise a family far a way from them.