Hi all 
Its not quite a 'meeting for the first time" as my partner and I have been together nearly 2 years and closed the continental gap between us last year. We are quite happily together- when the army lets me have him! (Which isn't much if I'm honest)
Through the various visits over the years we have both met each others families and we get on with each others parents swimmingly! In fact, he's deployed and I am off to visit his parents for the weekend
This summer, we are taking the big step of introducing our families to one another. Because of the gap, it can't be a nice neutral 'meet at a restaurant' thing, his family are flying from the UK to Canada to spend 2 weeks with my family, and us all together. AGHH!
I'm abit nervous to be honest. We aren't engaged or anything, and I'm a bit nervous the 'family meeting' will go terribly wrong and it'll all fall apart. Which isn't logical if i'm reasonable about it, they are quite similar, and at the end of the day both sets of parents genuinely want us to be happy together and fully support our relationship. Plus, if we can survive 2 deployments in 12 months we can survive anything! It just feels like a big step, especially with the huge distance his family are travelling.
Does anyone have experience of doing something similar with their OH and your families. Can you offer tips, or even just success stories to set my mind at ease a bit?
Its not quite a 'meeting for the first time" as my partner and I have been together nearly 2 years and closed the continental gap between us last year. We are quite happily together- when the army lets me have him! (Which isn't much if I'm honest)
Through the various visits over the years we have both met each others families and we get on with each others parents swimmingly! In fact, he's deployed and I am off to visit his parents for the weekend
This summer, we are taking the big step of introducing our families to one another. Because of the gap, it can't be a nice neutral 'meet at a restaurant' thing, his family are flying from the UK to Canada to spend 2 weeks with my family, and us all together. AGHH!
I'm abit nervous to be honest. We aren't engaged or anything, and I'm a bit nervous the 'family meeting' will go terribly wrong and it'll all fall apart. Which isn't logical if i'm reasonable about it, they are quite similar, and at the end of the day both sets of parents genuinely want us to be happy together and fully support our relationship. Plus, if we can survive 2 deployments in 12 months we can survive anything! It just feels like a big step, especially with the huge distance his family are travelling.
Does anyone have experience of doing something similar with their OH and your families. Can you offer tips, or even just success stories to set my mind at ease a bit?
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